Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.
History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.
There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U. S. congressmen.
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.
If Islam is so peaceful, why is everybody so damn frightened of offending them? And on the other hand, if Christianity is so violent as people like Whoopi Goldberg and others tell us, why is nobody afraid to offend Christians? People laugh at, make fun of, and mock Christians all day long with no fear whatsoever. But you so much as think anything offensive about Islam, and they descend on you and they accuse you of violating political correctness and they beg you to shut up.
There should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months.
then, as though it had been waiting on a near by roof for their arrival, the moon came slanting suddenly through the vines and turned the girl's face the color of white roses.
She burned too bright for this world.