Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Too low they build who build below the skies.

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!

Wonder is the antidote to religion.

The basic thing is, how frightened are you of chaos? And how happy are you with order?

There is no ownership. There is only stewardship.

They say you can’t build Rome in a day, but I’m pretty sure you could destroy it in even less.

A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives.

The more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell.

The only way you can really deal with creative people is with very loose reins.

If India is not to declare spiritual bankruptcy, religious instruction of its youth must be held to be at least as necessary as secular instruction.

My mantra is always, "Take a nap first, Matt! Then think." It's silly, but it works.

One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times.