To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center.

Orville Wright

Pure happiness and peace are at their peak when your body is in harmony with itself.

Asa Don Brown

God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.

Magic Johnson

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

Charles Dickens

I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.

Elton John

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.

Sir Winston Churchill

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

Heidi Klum

To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are the things that make men happy.

John Ruskin

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

Orlando A. Battista

The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves.

Irwin Edman, The Uses of Philoso