It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

The law is reason, free from passion.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. 

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium. 

Corruption may affect our body as well as our mind.

Insomnia works like slow poison on our body.