To demand that another love what one loves is tyranny enough, but to demand that another hate what one hates, is even worse.
While there is tea, there is hope.
There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love.
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.
Where there's tea, there's hope.
There will be some trouble about 'biography' because I have never troubled myself to supply particulars of my early life to any writer.
A high character might be produced, I suppose, by continued prosperity, but it has very seldom been the case. Adversity, however it may appear to be our foe, is our true friend; and, after a little acquaintance with it, we receive it as a precious thing - the prophecy of a coming joy. It should be no ambition of ours to traverse a path without a thorn or stone.
The most influential person in the room isn't the one who is being a bully, talking loudly, and imposing him- or herself on others. Surrendered people understand that true power comes from being respectful and listening. Surrendered people know themselves and are empathetic toward others. They don't measure themselves by how much they are liked, nor do they compete for attention. When they sit quietly in a room, others always seem to come to them.
I am seriously troubled by the proposed rapid consolidation in the telecommunications marketplace.
Never underestimate the power of a city to regenerate.