It seems to me that the bane of our country is a profession of faith either with no basis of real belief, or with no proper examination of the grounds on which the creed is supposed to rest.

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.

We know too much and feel too little. At least, we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs.

...if you can truly surrender to Him, you will do more, be more, experience more. Life will just be more.

They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food.

I wake up and I see the face of the devil and I ask him, "What time is it?"

Whatever we thought was certain is no longer certain, and therefore in science probably certain things must be correct, but in human behaviour I am not so sure.

And I talked to my doctor, and I must admit, you know, I'm sometimes quite renowned for my outbursts and I was just very frustrated, maybe a little frightened.

The trash and litter of nature disappears into the ground with the passing of each year, but man's litter has more permanence.

I love women and I love the women I have been with. I always try to be kind and cautious and treat people nice.

You can be sad for others but you don't have to take on their pain.

I’m unelectable in the District of Columbia.