My father probably thought the capital of the world was wherever he was at the time. It couldn't possibly be anyplace else. Where he and his wife were in their own home, that, for them, was the capital of the world.

The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.

J. William Fulbright

In properly organized groups no faith is required what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.

G. I. Gurdjieff

Tutti gli animali sono uguali, ma alcuni sono più uguali degli altri

George Orwell

Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation.

E. Stanley Jones

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

Henri Rousseau

Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

John Steinbeck

When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.

Alexander Pope

Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read.

Justin Halpern

Jesus desired to awaken inquiry. He sought to arouse the careless, and impress truth upon the heart. Parable teaching was popular, and commanded the respect and attention, not only of the Jews, but of the people of other nations. No more effective method of instruction could He have employed.

Ellen G. White

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Abraham Lincoln

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.

Richard Lamm

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed

Blaise Pascal