Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Keep it simple and keep it real. The more basic we see our connection to God and Spirit, the easier it is to feel like you're a part of it.

When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe.

The sun was in mind to come out but having a look at the weather it was in lost heart and went back again.

We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution.

If I wasn't talking, I wouldn't know what to say.

John Paul II was one of the greatest men of the last century. Perhaps the greatest.

Most of the stuff I do is garbage.

You know how to tell when you're getting old? When your broad mind changes places with your narrow waist.

Am I no a bonny fighter?

I wouldn’t mind going to jail if I had three cellmates who played bridge