The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison.

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards.

Saskya Pandita

We will be safer from terrorist attack only when we have earned the respect of all other nations instead of their fear, respect for our values and not merely our weapons.

Theodore C. Sorensen

It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers.

Chuck Hillis

A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea.

Milan Kundera

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

James Mackintosh

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

Mario Vargas Llosa

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

St. Francis De Sales

The truth is so often disappointing, or ugly; don't you find that, ?

Laurell K Hamilton

New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it.

Neil Simon

I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward.

David Levithan

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Peter Drucker

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

Swami Vivekananda