Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.

The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf.

Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330 The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is our will.

This is the forest primeval.

For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the thorns.

We have on out hands a sick man,--a very sick man.

Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. Every person in this life has something to teach me - and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening. -John Lahr.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life.

One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

I am the master of my unspoken words, and a slave to those that should have remained unspoken.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.".

Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.

Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die.

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

The great lie of the news media: "I am the public".

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.