It is right precious to behold The first long surf of climbing light Flood all the thirsty east with gold.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Your worst enemy is not the person in opposition to you. It is the person occupying the spot you would be fighting from and doing nothing.

You may have numerous answers to your problems, but none can really solve them. Answers are not solutions.

Excercise is nothing more than a depressing reminder that one is not a god.

It's to me one simple rule. Who imposes his will on the other man?

You were a stone wall, a fort in high, unreachable trees, an island, my own island, that no boat could reach.

Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.

Leaders are never appreciated or needed until you don't have them.

This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.

There is no magic in words.

We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point.