Once you buy a house, you are stuck with the pros and cons of the house.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.  

It can be simplified easily, if an individual works his heel peak for the freedom of the nation, he might get punished by the Englishmen, but if a group of individuals form a community to fight for freedom, they get success. 

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. 

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Peace begins with a smile.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

The contemporary media is guilty of shortchanging the real meaning of news.

Spirituality begins where worldly wisdom ends.