Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine.

I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams.

Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation of the good at home.

Japan offers as much novelty perhaps as an excursion to another planet.

Americans specially love superlatives. The phrases 'biggest in the world,' 'finest in the world,' are on all lips.

The 'almighty dollar' is the true divinity, and its worship is universal.

A traveller must buy his own experience, and success or failure depends mainly on personal idiosyncrasies.

Writing generally, it may be said that in design, roof, and general aspect, Japanese Buddhist temples are all alike. The sacred architectural idea expresses itself in nearly the same form always.

Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.

Sometimes life doesn't happen in chronological order.

All hatred of others is a reflection of self-hatred. All love of others is a reflection of self-love.

Could a name be any shorter? Three letters without even the flourish of an e. Ann, a trio of curves and lines.It means “full of grace”.

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

All men bear the image of God. They have value not because they are redeemed, but because they are God's creation in God's image.

The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything.

I am very much a creature of habit, and I have no life consistency. None.

The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.