Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has it.

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.

The popular culture gives us books that offer entertainment but no ideas. High culture gives us books that offer ideas but no entertainment. The best books manage to do both.

There are a thousand beautiful things behind that look. A marvelous sort of ache that only a few people know about. Some miraculous sort of sorrow she's managed to walk away from.

True humility is a flower which will adorn any garden.

The miracle of enlightenment is that you take the self and let it dissolve in the white light of eternity.

When you're writing, you're demented, alone, and full of doubt. It feels dangerous.

When you're visiting an antiques fair, turn left once you've passed through the entrance. Everyone else will turn right, which means you can get to the bargains before them.

Much of modern life is preventable chronic stress injury.

We must maintain the integrity of the White House, and that integrity must be real, not transparent. There can be no whitewash at the White House.

Sometimes ideas feel like they were already there, and that you're just discovering them.

The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one