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The real problem of leisure time is how to keep others from using yours.

- Arthur Lacey

There are times when minds need to turn to simple things. Perhaps for a few of these nights all of us might do well to leave the briefcases at the office and to read again the pages of the Bible, and to re-read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. We might do well to stay home a few days and walk over the fields, or to stand in the shelter of the barn door and reflect upon the relentless and yet benevolent forces of Mother Nature. The laws of nature are relentless. They can never be disobeyed without exacting a penalty. Yet they are benevolent, for when they are understood and obeyed, nature yields up the abundance that blesses those who understand and obey.

- Wheeler McMillen

Is it a fact - or have I dreamt it - that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time? Rather, the round globe is a vast head, a brain, instinct with intelligence!

- N. Hawthorne

It is sometimes frightening to observe the success which comes even to the outlaw with a polished technique, and we find ourselves doubting the validity of the virtues we have been taught. But I believe we must reckon with character in the end, for it is as potent a force in world conflict as it is in our own domestic affairs. It strikes the last blow in any battle.

- Philip D. Reed

In revolutionary times the rich are always the people who are most afraid.

- Gerald White Johnson

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

- Adlai Ewing Stevenson

There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time.

- Thomas Campbell

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

- Jean de La La Fontaine

The actions of righteous women ripple on through time and space and even generations.

- Virginia U. Jensen

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

- George H. Allen