In domestic government, unity and cooperation are essential requisites. 

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith. 

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.