N.B. This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms.

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

Austin O'Malley

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.

Arthur Erickson

Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.

Franklin P. Jones

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.

Alexander McCall Smith

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

Maya Angelou

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength

Charles Caleb Colton

I would say, 'I'm alone, but I'm not lonely.' But I was just kidding myself.

Bruce Willis

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Theodor Adorno

Io non sono un duro. Non lo sono mai stato. In vita mia, se devo essere completamente sincero, credo di non aver mai preso una decisione. Non mi piacciono molto le decisione. Per decidere devi essere convinto, e io non sono convinto quasi di niente. Sono più un tipo da opzioni, ecco.

Diego De Silva

The breath Of accusation kills an innocent name, And leaves for lame acquittal the poor life, Which is a mask without it.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other

Samuel Johnson

What are men to rocks and mountains?

Jane Austen