As no scripture is of private interpretation, so is there no feeling in a human heart which exists in that heart alone - which is not, in some form or degree, in every human heart.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

That does it, " said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year.""Why?" Isabelle said."So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means.

Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for.

Pretend to give consent to the advice of others, but if you find it suitable, take it. But if out of the right view, despise and cast it away

Who begins too much accomplishes little.

Keep your place in life and your place will keep you

It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.

Keep a secret, it's your slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

[God] is the kind Creator who brought forth nature out of nothing.

In case you didn't know, ethanol is made by mixing corn with your tax dollars.

I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.