Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Albert Camus

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?

Max de Pree

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

Not only is the Napoleonic dream stronger today in our imaginations than it has ever been, but one can already feel the slow falling away of moral opprobrium from our memory of Hitler. In another fifty years we may well find ourselves weighed down by a second monstrous dream of pure grandeur to match that of the Emperor. Two men who dared. Two men who were adored. Two men who led with brilliance. Two men who administered fairly and efficiently. Two men who were modest in their own needs but surrounded by lesser beings who profited from their situation and came between the Hero and the people.

John Ralston Saul, Voltaire

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

Joseph Addison

Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?

Daniel Daly

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)

For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith.

Richard Morris

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Peter Drucker

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

Max Beerbohm

Today right here in America we have 50 million people without health insurance.

Corrine Brown