Humor, warm and all-embracing as the sunshine, bathes its objects in a genial and abiding light.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

Listen, " Mac interrupted, "you still have to knock it out of the park. But it's a degree-of-difficulty thing. You're doing a triple lutz and she's skating. You're the Sasha Cohen here.

Fear of public speaking can be overcome with effective public speaking tips, skills and strategies.

People know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence.

Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.

I think music influences fashion and has done so for generations.

There is a peculiar pathos in the extinction of a nation.

I do not understand! I understand nothing! I cannot understand nor do I want to understand! I want to believe! To Believe!

I first had no interest in figuration whatsoever.

Mother had to support herself at age 18 because it was during the depression and when my grandfather lost the farm and there was no place for her; she worked as an assistant to a maid.

We're created in God's image, but our souls or spirits are not offshoots of God's own Spirit - as New Age teachers would have us believe.