All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.