Most men are less afraid of ghosts than of facts.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does.

The heat of midnight tears will bring you to God.

Maybe that's what love is-counting the bandages until someone says, 'Enough'.

These be Three silent things: The Falling snow. . . the hour Before the dawn. . . the mouth of one Just dead.

I believe in nothing here, except a handful of people, a few ideas, and the fact that one cannot arrest movement.

Warriors do not win victories by beating their heads against walls, but by overtaking the walls. Warriors jump over walls; they don't demolish them.

For me, the main thing is spontaneity & taking chances.

Pleasure was the color of the time.

Prayer is not about letting God know your will; it's about completely submitting to him. You die to yourself.

I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.