An age deficient in idealism has ever been one of immorality and superficial attainment, since without the sense of ideas, nobility of character becomes of rare attainment, if possible.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

What a wonderful life

In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit.

We must take the money out of politics, and end psychopathic, self-destructive government and corporate madness.

Thou hast shown thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.'.

Give me yesterday's bread, this day's flesh, and last year's cider

I am very seldom interested in applications. I am more interested in the elegance of a problem. Is it a good problem, an interesting problem?

The outlook of the world today is for the greatest era of commercial expansion in history. The rest of the world will become better customers.

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?