Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace.

To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.

Real freedom comes from the mastery, through knowledge, of historic conditions and race character, which makes possible a free and intelligent use of experience for the purpose of progress.

He strains his conversation through a cigar.

A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom from times and tasks more fruitful than his toil has been.

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.

It is better to go down on the great seas which human hearts were made to sail than to rot at the wharves in ignoble anchorage.

The germs of all truth lie in the soul, and when the ripe moment comes, the truth within answers to the fact without as the flower responds to the sun, giving it form for heat and color for light.

So please, just let me be egocentric and ask you to stay.

Most man can think no better than a child! This fact perfectly explains why there are so many funny beliefs!

If there is any verse that you would like left out of the Bible, that is the verse that ought to stick to you, like a blister, until you really attend to its teaching.

The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again, so I surrendered

A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!" It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!" He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.

The greatest folly is to accept expert statements uncritically. At the very least, we should always seek another opinion.

It is the mission of all art to express the highest and most beautiful ideals of man.

If the Czar will not accord our people these desired liberties, then a revolution will bring about a republic which will assure us our rights.

What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear?

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody.