It's been a long time since NATO was created, and I also think Donald Trump has spoken very wisely about the need to rethink the mission of NATO.
The present age, for all its cosmopolitan hustle, is curiously suburban in spirit.
To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him. . . two.
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly bring our lips to utter them. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teaching cannot go far wrong. How easy that seems! Has any one ever done so? Never. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through the fire.
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each man must go through the fire himself.
I feel a near passion for intelligence at grips with itself and not letting go.
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.
The double jeopardy of being black and female in a racist and sexist society may well make one less afraid of the sanctions against success. A non-subservient black woman is by definition a transgressive- she is the ultimate outsider.