"You need a plan for everything, whether it's building a cathedral or a chicken coop. Without a plan, you'll postpone living until you're dead."

“I see things beyond what other people see. I am always looking for hidden corners and closets of a life that I feel aren't explored either by the person who lived it or the people writing about it.”

“We can't love a place or a person if we always have one foot out the door.”

Source : Eric Weiner (2008). “The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World”, p.174, Hachette UK

“Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.”

“Let us pick up our books and our pens,” I said. “They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.”

Source : "Malala Yousafzai says she will not be silenced by terrorism". "AM", www.abc.net.au. July 13, 2013.

“Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and denied.”

Source : Labor and the Nation, delivered 3 September 1937 in Washington D.C.

“There is nothing sacred or untouchable except the freedom to think. Without criticism, that is to say, without rigor and experimentation, there is no science, without criticism there is no art or literature. I would also say that without criticism there is no healthy society.”

“Lincoln did but pour the soul of the nation into the monumental act of universal liberty; and that soul was inspired by the gospel.”

“Patience is the mother of will.”