Quote of the Day

"Young love is a flame very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable."

"The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications."

"Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers."

"Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people."

"The art of living is discovering that character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"It is a timeless truth that wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt."

"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."

"I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage."

"Success comes when people act together failure tends to happen alone."

"I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age."

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy."