Genuine witticisms surprise those who say them as much as those who listen to them; they arise in us in spite of us, or, at least, without our participation,--like everything inspired.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

Learn to be true to yourself, and everything good will follow.

You know, people always talk about how Jesus came down to Earth as a human being. He became a human being, But no one ever takes into account what that means.

Every disability conceals a vocation, if only we can find it, which will 'turn the necessity to glorious gain.

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.

The guy that just arranges things so that the stock market holds up is nobody in my - in my estimation

I think certainly everybody is aware of the potential for just the very inflamed political mood in America .

I hate, and yet must love the thing I hate.

You don't need money to look fabulous. There are so many awesome new designers, so many designers doing collections for mass retailers.

When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.