one idiot can shut 1000 wise men mouths, where as 1000 wise will fail to open the eyes of an idiot.

Great leaders passed away, politicians made their way.

It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it.

(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then.

Music always hits me when I'm driving so I keep a recorder in my bag.

You open your heart knowing that there's a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible.

The workshop door opened and Skulduggery emerged. "Ryan," he said, "stop leaning on my car.

I was as pure as the morning When I first looked on your face; I knew I never could reach you In your high, exalted place.

Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no more.

If we can look upon our work not for self-benefit,but as a means to benefit society,we will be practicing appreciation and patience in our daily lives.

There are few have Dana's fortune, to have God and gold together.

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.