Every generation proclaims that each must lead his own life, but seldom grants the subsequent generation the right to lead theirs.

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.

I've always thought that the most perfect fate which could befall any woman would be to be born a rich widow.

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.

In my belief, a harvest is also a legacy, for very often what you reap is, in the way of small miracles, more than you consciously know you have sown.

One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.

The shadow of fear and uncertainty lies over most of us; for us the future seems far from being as clear and open as we believed it would be.

Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad.

You once told me some lives are worth more than others. How many deaths before the scales tipout of our favor?”She had no answer.

When we think we’re at the mercy of our circumstances and past, we discount the power that is ours through the Holy Spirit.

God, who is liberal in all his other gifts, shows us, by the wise economy of His providence, how circumspect we ought to be in the management of our time, for He never gives us two moments together.

Don't be discouraged. At times the path to truth is circuitous. The point is not to succeed, only to smile eternally.

When you become deeply involved with someone, their problems become yours, and vice versa. It's family.

When you identify yourself with a group of people or a set of ideas, aren't you separating yourself?

I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.

Working together we can strengthen Delaware State University and the students who attend it.

Never allow the thought, 'I am of no use where I am.' You are certainly of no use where you're not.

The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.