— Antoine de Saint-Exupery"Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men."
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— Felipe Alfau"It is a enduring truth that do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul."
— Billy Graham"Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity."
— John Cusack"Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it."
— Allen Klein"And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed."
— Ambrose Bierce"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt."
— Winston Churchill"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
— Henry David Thoreau"I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
— Dwight D. Eisenhower"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld"It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it."
— Louis Adamic"When purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."
— David Apotheker"Let thoughts come and go like clouds across an undisturbed autumn sky. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."