How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.

Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of physical warmth, then the warmth of the affections.

we may experience an absolute positive change and do the undone if we shift our thoughts from descriptive thinking to prescriptive thinking

Alexis, please mind your mouth. Cursing in Russian is still cursing.

When I say "I, " I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.

Never judge a book by its "spine".

I used to love hand raising.

I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

I've reached a point in my life where my Truman Show boat has hit the painting.

If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.

The Christian life is to live all of your life in the presence of God.

Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on.