In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.

Sitting in his old schoolroom on the sofa with little cushions on the arms and looking into Natasha's wildly eager eyes, Rostov was carried back into that world of home and childhood which had no meaning for anyone else, but gave him some of the greatest pleasure in his life.

Leo Tolstoy

I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.

James Dyson

Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, He even provided a first installment of funds. Can you beat that? It's so magnificent. God despises nothing. After all, if the deal had come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanatoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories.

Georges Bernanos

Wherever the Turkish hoof trods, no grass grows.

Victor Hugo

Not failure, but low aim is sin.

Benjamin E. Mays

I've dealt with many crises in my life, but few will ever happen.

Mark Twain

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!

Alexander Pope

For once reality and his brains came into contact and the result was fatal.

Thomas Henry Huxley

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

Golda Meir

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.

Wallace Stevens

Believe that you possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimately achieve.

Les Brown

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

Frank Lloyd Wright