Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.