If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Books make it possible for every person born into the world to begin where the previous generation left off.

The positive effect music has in our lives is understated. It can influence mind-state and motivate us to reach for the stars.

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

Two-point-seven percent unemployment equates to -- everybody who wants to work is working. It equates to full employment.

Bill Astor knew these papers were missing. Stephen showed his hand in October.

Life is paradise, and we are all in paradise, but we refuse to see it.

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

Only a human being would be able to assess whether candidates are capable, personality-wise, of sharing and disseminating that institutional knowledge to help other newer and younger workers.

Coaching soccer, like disciplines including journalism, you'll always learn if you're open to it, you'll learn from your players. If that's being smart, fair enough.

Number one rule for fiction: Coincidence can be used to worsen a characters predicament, but never to solve his problems.