"History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?"

“You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.”

“Training is a case of stress management. Stress and rest, stress and rest”

“Death lies dormant in each of us and will bloom in time.”

“My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'”

“Devotion to God is studying him in every aspect; serving God is teaching what you know of Him to others.”

Source : Reshad Feild (2002). “The Last Barrier: A Journey Into the Essence of Sufi Teachings”, Rudolf Steiner Press

“Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.”

“Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that.”

“It is profoundly important to honor President Johnson's historic contributions to justice and democracy - and to appreciate how hard he fought for the rights of every Texan and every American.”

Source : "Celebrating LBJ’s Legacy: A Reminder of Texas’ Civil Rights Challenges Today" by Rep. Marc Veasey, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 10, 2014.