I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the original idea for which that struggle was made, and I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this, his almost chosen people, for perpetuating the object of that great struggle.

Few know the joys that spring from a disinterested curiosity. It is like a cheerful spirit that leads us through worlds filled with what is true and fair, which we admire and love because it is true and fair.

John Lancaster Spalding

You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have claims on man, and to the man with special talents, this is a very special claim. It is required that a man take part in the actions and clashes of his time that the peril of being judged not to have lived at all.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.

Kahlil Gibran

Our past is not the thing that matters so much in this world as what we intend to do with our future.

Shoghi Effendi

You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.

David Byrne

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.

Emile M. Cioran

But live shows are cool. I just got back into the idea of enjoying it live.

Graham Coxon

It's very easy to forgive others their mistakes, it takes more gut and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

Jessamyn West

The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens. There is therefore, something in true beauty that corresponds with right reason, and is not the mere creation of fancy.

Lord Greville

The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it's just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be.

Benjamin Netanyahu

There is no Gain in the world: so be it: but neither is there any Loss. There is never any failure to this infinite freshness of life, and the ancient novelty is forever renewed. We realize the world better if we imagine it, not as a Progress to Prim Perf

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Miracles and truth are necessary, because it is necessary to convince the entire man, in body and soul.

Blaise Pascal