The most exciting periods of literature have always been those when the critics were great.
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.
My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
[My mother] pretty much used to go along with my dad in that she wanted me to get an education so that if this incredible dream I had didn't work out, I would have something to fall back on.
I think I can remember being dead. Many times, in winter, I approached Zeus. Tell me, I would ask him, how can I endure the earth?
Supporting customers through multiple channels is no longer an option for financial services organizations; it's a necessity.
I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.