We do not make beams from the hollow decaying trunk of the fallen oak. We use the upsoaring tree in the full vigor of its sap.

I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you should be comfortable and well fed while all around you people are starving.

[On Venice:] A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing gondola.

Love and freedom are vital to the creation and upbringing of a child.

We do not make beams from the hollow, decaying trunk of the fallen oak. We use the upsoaring tree in the full vigor of its sap.

My mind shrank from the menace sweeping down on us, as children's do from belief in death and misfortune, vainly clinging to the fancy that great disasters only happen to other people.

The only reason that they say, 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.

The elegance of the moon teaches us to be elegant and kind.

We must remember that nature is the supreme cradle of life, and must be protected and treated with the highest respect and care.

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.

Everybody thinks that when new technologies come along that they're transparent and you can just do your job well on it. But technologies always import a whole new set of values with them.

How can we be scrupulous In a life which, from birth onwards, is so determined To wring us dry of any serenity at all?

Deeper state intervention in an economy means that bureaucratic waste, inefficiency and corruption are more likely to hold back growth.

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.

May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore.

Every thought that you have impacts you. Shift from a thought that weakens to one that strengthens you.