My hunger to climb had been blunted, in short, by a bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
An average man is egoistic, proud and has strong self esteem. They always require partners who massage their ego not those who will drag their ego to the mud.
To be a leader, take action and be an example. To be an adviser, be wise.
Life is just a schoolroom with a glorious opportunity to prepare us for eternity.
If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father l...
People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.
It is no accident that the words discipline and disciple resemble each other in the English language. The most common word in the Gospels for a Christian is disciple.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
You cannot change the past, but you can make a difference now
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.