"Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right."

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”

Source : George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.5797, e-artnow

“These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.”

Source : "Interviewing Lou Reed: Not a perfect day" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2003.

“Okay, so, sometimes in life, I can be a score-keeper - someone who keeps track of what he gives and what he gets in return. An annoying quality, to say the least, and I'm sure my wife has your sympathy, but it's made me highly attuned to when and where credit is due.”

Source : "Credit Where It’s Due" by Mark Feuerstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2012.

“Columbus was an Abraham, for he went out not knowing whither he went. Columbus was a Moses, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. Only the man of faith is the man of power. Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible. God grant that to-day in that bark we may be wafted by God's blessing, and may land at last on the shores of Heaven, where we shall sing a sweeter Te Deum than that which awoke the echoes on the soil of virgin America, or those amid the splendors of the court at Barcelona.”

“(Slaughter) means blood and iron. [Lat., Coedes videtur significare sanguinem et ferrum.]”

“Scarcity of self value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence.”

“I always enjoyed playing around Washington, because we always have a good crowd. I've never had a bad crowd in this vicinity from here [Alexandria], up to Washington and on to right around Baltimore. They've been some good fans.”

“I can't remember faces, don't remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.”