I know what I have given you. . . I do not know what you have received.
Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in which no deep communication is possible.
The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.
There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U. S. congressmen.
Imagination, whatever may be said to the contrary, will always hold a place in history, as truth does in romance. Has not romance been penned with history in view?
I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.
You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.
At this rate, we'll never get to the future.