American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

man and dog in rainThis too will pass, and I shall be a better man, said Adam, whenever a storm began.

You do what you love, what you need.

We take most everything at face value. Otherwise how could we get by?" ~ "The Museum of the Dearly Departed

Only after a person has their heart broken does the world appear as it truly is.

I’m sorry I can’t do more. But happy birthday, Sadie.” He leaned forward and kissed me on the lips.

There's a lot of anti-Semitism, and it's not just against the Jewish.

Moral #1: "If you work hard, stay focused, and never give up, you will eventually get what you want in life." Moral #2: Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

Your energy of love is so powerful that it can heal anything, including your future.

And this mess is so big And so deep and so tall, We cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!

If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.