If our hours were all serene, we might probably take almost as little note of them as the dial does of those that are clouded.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Life changes us, with its twists and turns, in ways we don't always see coming. It changes what we want, what we dream, lays blessings in our hands better than anything we could've imagined.

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice

I don't have 'five' you can borrow. My piggy bank is officially anorexic.

The action that I've started, sometime I'll have to face. My influence in motion, rebounding back through space.

We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts.

There's nothing like being in the moment, even when that moment isn't captured or shared.

Never hesitate to open new windows in your life!

... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death.

A wealth you cannot imagine flows through you. Do not consider what strangers say. Be secluded in your secret heart-house, that bowl of silence.

You can become a great creator or a little one as the intensity of your desire is little or great.