Gulliver describes a royal personage inspiring awe among the tiny Lilliputians because he was taller than his brethren by the breadth of a human fingernail.

The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver's watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything without consulting.

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.

Trust all you wish to achieve, in the aftermath of Christmas will harmoniously begin to unfold.

The scientists have given [modern man] the impression that there is nothing he cannot know, and false propagandists have told him that there is nothing he cannot have.

. . .where there is no more hope, song remains.

I love the majesty of human suffering.

An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. Help yourself by helping others. You have the most powerful weapons on earth - love and prayer.

The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes.

He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.

I've never had my dexterity called into question, but I think if that was ever the case, I could acquit myself by tossing a ball back and forth horizontally between my hands.

Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.