"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Friendship Quotes #Relationship Quotes #Patience Quotes

“...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence takes more guts, if I can put it bluntly, than violence. Most violent acts are accomplished by getting the opponent off guard, and it doesn't take that much character, I think, if one wants to do it.”
“For Pakistan, Kashmir represents the infeasibility of secular nationalism and underscores the need for an Islamic theocracy in the subcontinent.”
“Now the pessimist proper is the most modest of men. ... under no circumstances does he presume to imagine that he, a mere unit of pain, can in any degree change or soften the remorseless words of fate.”
“(from John Hay's diary) â€œThe President never appeared to better advantage in the world,â€ Hay proudly noted in his diary. â€œThough He knows how immense is the danger to himself from the unreasoning anger of that committee, he never cringed to them for an instant. He stood where he thought he was right and crushed them with his candid logic.”
“I have a political attitude, but I'm certainly not a politician.”
“When [we]were first married, [Wade] begged me to be practical...thank God I lived by my credo: 'Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.”
“People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they're doing something differently than everyone else.”
“A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.”

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