Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

All words are pegs to hang ideas on.

Henry Ward Beecher

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.

Charles Bixton

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

Mae West

Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places.

Charles de Lint

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

Edmond About

Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are.

David Attenborough

Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth.

Edward Dahlberg

The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be applied to the political field. Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts - and not absolute and general.

Jiang Zemin

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.

Gustavo Gutierrez

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning.

Eric Allenbaugh

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

U. Thant