"The longer the life the more the offense, the more the offense the more the pain, the more the pain the less the defense and the less the defense the less the gain."

“Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.”

“Even from the simplest, the most realistic point of view, the countries which we long for occupy, at any given moment, a far larger place in our actual life than the country in which we happen to be.”

“None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.”

“I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.”

Source : Stephen Spender (2015). “Selected Poems of Stephen Spender”, p.23, Faber & Faber

“It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.”

“Life in abundance comes only through great love.”

“Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing.”

“Charity is an unending self-discipline which always looks and leads towards the eternal affection. Therefore, its triumph shall be lasting and everlasting.”

Source : Entry in the journal for July 23, 1875. "The Walk With God". Book by Julia Ward Howe, 1919.