At night when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
E. M. ForsterI've seen how the issues that come across a president's desk are always the hard ones - the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.
Michelle ObamaWhen they call the roll in the Senate the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not guilty."
Theodore RooseveltUnder socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.
Vladimir LeninSee that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family to make sure health care is available for every American - and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college.
Michelle ObamaWisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
Charles SpurgeonReligion, in its humility, restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.
George SantayanaOnce you attempt legislation upon religious grounds you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution.
William Butler YeatsYou cannot do a kindness too soon for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe do not need more intellectual power we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen we need more of the things that are unseen.
Calvin Coolidge