There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.
You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.
Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.
I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.
It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.
The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.
As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.
I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.
There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
Fashion changes, but style endures.
In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.
His modesty amounts to deformity.
