"Math anxiety: an intense lifelong fear of two trains approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 MPH."

“I do hope that all nations can live in complete security and welfare.”

“When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold.”

“Troubles, they may come and go, but good times, they're the gold.”

“The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.”

“We need to stop comparing ourselves to others, and stop patting ourselves on the back for attaining artificial measurements of spirituality. We need to take care that we do not think we are something we are not, or else we may deceive ourselves, setting ourselves up for rebuke in the future when we see Christ face to face”

“I'm a man of a certain age - old enough to have been every kind of fool- and I find to my surprise that the only counsel I have to pass on is this: Never let your name be found in a dead man's trousers.”

Source : Louis Bayard (2009). “The Black Tower: A Novel”, p.5, Harper Collins

“Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.”

“For example, in Malay, there are pronunciations that are similar to Chinese.”