Disappointment is often the salt of life.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

What a mad world is a world in which nоbody deserves to be loved.

Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying

Who else speaks for the Family of Man? They are in tune and step with constellations of universal law.

My mother, my father, I love 'em, I hate 'em, wish god I didnt have 'em, but thank god that he made 'em

Everyone can be awesome if they want it bad enough. And I don't believe that anyone wants to be average. I think everybody desires greatness, at least at some point in their life.

Singing was my first passion. Whenever I sing, I'm always so happy.

This idea of having back-up plans is ingrained into us to make us believe that that's the smart thing to do.

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.

Existence continues at death for the believer in a fuller, more fulfilling way. Death should hold no fear for the believer.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.