Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

God made time, but man made haste.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Nevercut what you can untie.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.