Tears fell from my eyes–yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that beauty of which the faithful mirror too plainly assured me, no remnant existed. – Marguerite Blessington
The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness. – Marguerite Blessington
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out. – Marguerite Blessington
Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. – Marguerite Blessington
I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society. – Daisaku Ikeda