From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's text; And embryo Good, to reach full stature, Absorbs the Evil in its nature.

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.

They say what doesn't kill the soul will make you stronger, but you can't be a stone-hearted man.

Stay united in love.

If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.

Life is not meaningful...unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

People tend not to disassociate the technological issues from pure scientific research, so that science sometimes gets a bad name for things that science doesn't deserve having a bad name for.

I've always been given respect because I'm kind of mannish, and I'm not a great beauty. I've never played the coquette card because I'm no good at it.

You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.

Terribly sad news about Stuart Cable, such a lovely, warm, funny, talented man.

People who ask for your criticism want only praise.