Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is.

Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow.

Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will.

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.

There will always be rough days and easy ones. Like a ship, we must sail through both.

The man unwilling to brave the test has already shown himself to be much more craven than the man who fails.

It's fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you.

Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe.

A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.

It is evident that the fortunes of the world's human population, for better or for worse, are inextricably interrelated with the use that is made of energy resources.

Anyone who has had the experience of going through American security checks knows the purpose of these checks is not to make you safer; it's just to annoy you.

Sing the song or keep it inside.

I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls!