And where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds came to listen with serious and sympathetic mien.

I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.

Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.

IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.

We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.

I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.

Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.

What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy.

I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.

My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline.

We left you there, lonely, Beauty your power, Wisdom your watchman, To hold the clay tower.from 'The Tale of the Tiger Tree

The saddle is off and the rest of this ride will be bareback. Code for it's gonna be a tough ride to the finish.

When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.

With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless.

I think we all have a little dark side we keep under wraps.

Whats special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice.

There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.

My brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love which comes at Christmas time fill our homes and our lives and linger there long after the tree is down and the lights are put away for another year.

Good morning starshine the earth says hello.

The world about us would be desolate except for the world within us.