A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

At that moment I would have welcomed spider-rats nibbling on my toes about as much as the idea of chatting with a missionary priest.

The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception and except under very special circumstances it is an immoral and shortsighted conception.

Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well.

I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.

True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

If you get a wrinkle, I don't feel that's indicative of your losing ground. That's ridiculous.

The most valuable lessons in life cannot be taught, they must be experienced.

Dispassion and humility lead to spiritual knowledge. Without them no one will see the Lord.

Sit quietly and listen for a voice that will say, "Be more silent." As that happens, your soul starts to revive.

The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.