As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

War and Peace' goes down a lot smoother than a Dan Brown novel, let me tell you.

Nations with a common currency never went to war against each other. A common currency is more than the money you pay with.

To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character.

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.