Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Boards don't hit back.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

Sunlight is painting.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.