But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Samuel Johnson

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

Bob Keeshan

There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry.

Matt Lauer

The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the isolation, the lack of customary appreciation and influence, which only the rarest tact and thoughtfulness on the part of others can alleviate.

Charles Horton Cooley

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart

Kahlil Gibran

I have the freedom to do what I want... bright people to talk to every day.

Freeman Dyson

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

Oskar Schindler

Without knowledge, life is not more than the shadow of death.

Moli

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.

Leland Stanford

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.

William Sloane Coffin Jr.

I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.

Nancy Pelosi

I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.

Brian Aldiss