Not even nothingness preceded life. Nothingness owes its very idea to existence.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

Learn in good time to recognize disillusionment, so as to continue living your life according to the will of the Lord

If I live for you, I can fulfill your happiness, but if you allow me to then you don't care about mine.

It takes grace to be a great soul.

I never tried to stage, to fabricate an image.

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?

There is no power in the world like that of women ... this most potent constituency we seek to represent, and for their suffrages we sue.

I'm very curious and being childlike is vital in our industry

Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.

A colony, yet a nation - words never before in the history of the world associated together.