People incline to doubt the superiority of a person who will associate with them.

Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends.

There are half hours that dilate to the importance of centuries.

There is no robbery so terrible as the robbery committed by those who think they are doing right.

The stoicism that comes of endurance has something of death in it.

There should be a colossal mother going about the world to turn men over her lap and give them the slipper. They pine for it.

To see men admitting that you are what you believe yourself to be, is one of the triumphs of existence.

What we suffer for is enriched by our suffering until it becomes priceless.

We cannot leave the expression of our lives to those better qualified than we are, however dear they may be.

Nature protects us in our uttermost losses by a density through which conviction is slow to penetrate.

One meets and wakes you to vivid life in an immortal hour. Thousands could not do it through eternity.

His lips press into mine in a kiss meant to make the world fade away.And it delivers.

A strong man sails by ash breeze!

Ever since grammar school, I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer.

In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender

Society can progress if men's labors show a profit - if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.

I don't follow anything online. I am rather slow on that side.

To think is to be sick.

The sounds of anger are not melodic.

I don't even know how to swim!

Childhood trauma is not necessarily a prophecy of doom, because some children are resilient or because later experiences help to restore mental health.