Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us.

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.

Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly if there wasn't someone, somewhere, laughing?

Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.

Only a few of us believe in reality of dreams and actuality of love

We put ourselves through hell and that is hell.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Everybody who aspires to high positions of leadership in their state and in their country should be willing to take unscreened, unrehearsed questions from the people who pay their salary.

I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.

None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us.

I somehow instinctively knew it would be much better to win.

But whatever you've been today is already over.