"The creation of a line of forts opposite to the French frontier will enable the German troops to be economized on that line and will enable the main forces to swing round through Belgium and Holland."

"Are you willing to sacrifice all that you are to keep all that you have?"

"When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open, and love steps forth to heal everything in sight."

"In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs."

"The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there's gold in letting go of them."

"The vice-presidency ain't worth a pitcher of warm spit."

"Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly."

"Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree what they are made of, where they come from, or how often the should appear."

"Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace."

"The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe."

"The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change."

"Words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details."