Artists... disappeared long ago as social forces. So did the church.

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.

Laziness is always your fault. It is the sign that a man has persevered in uselessness for too long.

The greatest motivation in life is the one that's deeply rooted in one's passion.

You must build your life as if it were a work of art.

I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it's called.

The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an "elite" class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.

Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.

Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!

Let us understand that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, not a punishment for damnation.

In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.