"He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you."

“Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear; 'Tis but the funeral of the former year.”

“The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment”

“Ageing is a privilege not a predicament”

Source : Article by Caitlin Moran, The Times, June 18, 2007.

“True beauty is to behold and reflect the beauty of God.”

“I attributed their behavior to the fact that they didn't have a TV, but television didn't teach you everything. Asking for candy on Halloween was called trick-or-treating, but asking for candy on November first was called begging, and it made people uncomfortable. This was one of the things you were supposed to learn simply by being alive, and it angered me that the Tomkeys did not understand it.”

“You can gain more friends by being yourself than you can by putting up a front. You can gain more friends by building people up than you can by tearing them down. And you can gain more friends by taking a few minutes from each day to do something kind for someone, whether it be a friend or a complete stranger. What a difference one person can make!”

“You are worthy of love and respect. You are beautiful, gifted, and intelligent. Don't let the storm make you forget it.”

“We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.”

Source : "Iraq veteran would be first Hindu in Congress" by Kim Geiger, www.stripes.com. September 5, 2012.