gossip is just the small change of conversation.

Hatred is one of the poisons; like jaundice, it alters the true colors of things.

You can't remain inactive in the face of injustice without, to some extent, being guilty of it.

Every murder strikes at the heart of civilization; it is an attack on all mankind.

cruelty is the only thing that strikes me as completely unforgivable. The unpardonable sin.

The whole human race loses by every act of personal vengeance.

People don't really change. Not fundamentally. When they surprise us, it is because we failed to recognize their potentialities.

I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than sunshine today.

The doctor will persist in laboring under the delusion that patients want common sense instead of magic.

There's no disillusionment like learning that forbidden fruit can be unpleasant.

The only love from which a man never recuperates is the one he never had. The eternal and untarnished illusion.

This was a Darkness born of fire.

Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.

In the soldier we see the love of country. When you are willing to go onto a battlefield and give your life to defend an ideal ... knowing that you may not live through day.

We are all saying the same thing in different words.

I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.

If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path.

Detente is a readiness to resolve differences and conflicts not by force, not by threats and sabre-rattling, but by peaceful means, at the conference table.

Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it's imposssible to keep up.

Being a warrior is not about the act of fighting. It's about the ability, courage, and commitment to end the war within oneself and not quit until the job is done.

I used to go play football matches in the morning, and Id go straight from me football game to a dance competition.