I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren--and so it is; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

Your sorrow is yours--truly yours. No one can borrow or share it. No one can carry it for you.

When you believe from your heart & soul you can achieve any goal!

Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove.

I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.

When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.

It's when you cry just a little, but you laugh in the middle that you've made it.

It's amazing how fast later comes when you buy now!

Meditation is a flower and compassion is its fragrance.

Much mischief is done in the world with very little interest or design.

Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.