I had such a wonderful feeling last night, walking beneath the dark sky while cannon boomed on my right and guns on my left the feeling that I could change the world only by being there.

No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.

Tilopa

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

Francis of Assisi

In the coming years, if not sooner, social media will become a powerful tool that consumers will aggressively use to influence business attitudes and force companies into greater social responsibility - and, I suggest, move us towards a more sustainable practice of capitalism.

Simon Mainwaring

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community.

Ed Pastor

The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.

Gavin Rossdale

Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

Henry Ward Beecher

Putin has a lot at stake here and restoring the relationship with the United States, and there are already signs as Sandy mentioned that he's moving in the right direction to begin to ascertain that their trade with Iran is not used for the production of nuclear weapons.

Frank Carlucci

But this is slavery, not to speak ones thought.

Euripides

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

Garrison Keillor

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes.

Ethel Merman

And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier.

Tom Coburn

Oh happy we, the first-born heirs of nature, For whom the Heavenly Sun delays his light! He by the sweets of every mortal creature Tempers eternal beauty to our sight; And by the glow upon love's earthly feature Maketh the path of our departure bright.

George E. Woodberry, Immortal Lo