And when midst fallen London, they survey The stone where Alexander's ashes lay, Shall own with humbled pride the lesson must By Time's slow finger written in the dust.

We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.

We can only love what we know.

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!

Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct.

The first pale blossom of the unripened year.

Society than solitude is worse, And man to man is still the greatest curse.

It is to hope, though hope were lost.

Say not 'Good-night' but in some brighter clime, bid me 'Good-morning.'

Writing does not exist unless there is someone to read it, and each reader will take something different from a novel, from a chapter, from a line.

Politics is a delicate art of saying what people want to hear and doing what people don't want to hear

With perseverance and endurance you can survive any storm.

Can God be counted on? Count blessings and find out how many of His bridges have already held.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Isolation is the dream killer.

Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectations and memory.

Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view.

When it comes to trust it is better to have it than to live without it.

Nonresistance is one of the principles of aikido. Because there is no resistance, you have won before even starting. People whose minds are evil or who enjoy fighting are defeated without a fight.