There are personalities so powerful that they leave their stamp on any place they inhabit. Their presence is always there, like a spoor, whether or not they themselves are.

It 's possible to forgive someone a great deal if he makes you laugh.

Why do early risers always take that self-righteous tone?

Myth is someone else's religion.

A gritty grain of truth lay at the heart of most legends, she had told me, and the slow accretion of fiction hardened in layers around it.

If a place is in your blood, you leave it at your peril. You will never be happy anywhere else.

... one thing I've learned in caving is always to be two hundred percent sure.

I m human, I m not perfect. Although, I make mistakes all the time.

The word “inevitable” is fearful to the ego, but joyous to the spirit. God is inevitable, and you cannot avoid Him any more than He can avoid you.

Self-hatred is the best vehicle for making people do as they’re told because they are hungry to get approval.

Wisdom of the Ages: "True Nobility" Comes not from thinking one is better than others-it comes from working toward the betterment of all.

I don't know what I am going to play, so how can he know what I am going to play!

Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong.

History is the heritage and patrimony of mankind in its lessons of the past that give priceless inspiration for the future.

I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.

Columbia students called me a baby killer, but remained silent for Ahmadinejad. I'm not sure if that was out of fear for the Iranian president or admiration.

The disagreeable reality for those who believe in human rights is that there are some occasions-and Iraq may be one of them-when war is the only real remedy for regimes that live by terror.