"Every violent storm will eventually give way to sunshine; every dark night will finally fade into dawn."

“Kant does not think that along with choice of an action we also choose in each case the motive from which we do it. He thinks all is well if I act beneficently, realizing that it is my duty but also having sympathetic feelings for the person I help. But I ought to strive to be the sort of person who would still help even if these feelings were absent. And it is such a case that he presents when the sympathetic friend of humanity finds his sympathetic feelings overclouded by his own sorrows, and still acts beneficently from duty.”

“The man in the shop peered disapprovingly at Evie through the glass. She pumped her arms and legs up and down in imitation of a marching band, gave the man a salute, and continued her meandering walk to the museum.”

“The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.”

“The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others.”

“I don't do event dressing, because every day is an event.”

“Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.”

“Famine, plague, death and war... that's a pretty good description of 1917-18. The war was meant to end quickly, but by 1917 it seemed to be set until the end of time. No wonder everyone dreamed of an apocalyptic intervention.”

“GE's businesses turned in a terrific first quarter. Our products and services are being well received in unusually robust global markets.”