Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.
Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.
Я не доверяю тем людям, которые хорошо знают чего Бог хочет от них, потому, что я вижу, что это всегда то, чего они хотят сами.
I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go.
Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.