"...sometimes you have to put your fears in order..."

“If I had my way... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They're never happy. They never settle down... You can see it in their eyes...”

Source : Hugh Lofting (1922). “The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle”, p.62, Frederick A. Stokes

“God will never give you any problems that he thinks you can't solve.”

“I suppose the implication of that is the president and the vice president and myself and Colin Powell just fell off a turnip truck to take these jobs.”

“We cannot change what happened anymore. The only thing we can do is to learn from the past and to realize what discrimination and persecution of innocent people means. I believe that it's everyone's responsibility to fight prejudice.”

“Barring extreme physical and mental disabilities, each and every one of us is where we are today -- be it poor or wealthy, happy or sad, on the streets or in a condo, in a Mercedes or a rusted-out Pinto -- because of the choices we have made during our lives. It's the choices we have made that put us where we are, not the choices others have made for us.”

“Perhaps the best test of a man's intelligence is his capacity for making a summary.”

Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.703, Delphi Classics

“Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.”

“As a wise man once said: Wherever you go, there you are.”