My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

There is no permanent love but that which has duty for its eldest brother; so that if one sleeps the other watches, and honor is safe

Pierre Jules Hetzel

No member of society has the right to teach any doctrine contrary to what society holds to be true.

Samuel Johnson

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

Benjamin Franklin

Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that's right for each of us. (January 15)

Sarah Breathnach

Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated.

J. Yahl

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.

George Henry Lewes

In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year.

Jan Schakowsky

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.

Jean de la Bruyere

I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank them when I did and why I picked the grapes and where I opened the oldest procurable bottles, and all that, than I can remember living before I breathed.

M. F. K. Fisher

Just because they're a story doesn't mean they're not real.

Heather Bouwman

I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

Richard Milhous Nixon

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

Alvin Adams