America is not like a blanket -- one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt -- many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.

-Henry M. Jackson

Habit with him was all the test of truth, It must be right I've done it from my youth.

-George Crabbe

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.

-Bertrand Russell

Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

-Chuang-tzu

If you stand straight Do not fear a crooked shadow.

-Chinese Proverb

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

-Peter Drucker