Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

I liked things better when I didn't understand them.

To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.

The library remains a sacred place for secular folk ["What Libraries Can (Still) Do, " The New York Review Daily, October 26, 2015].

Do we need weapons to fight wars? Or do we need wars to create markets for weapons?

For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.

I don't like Paris so much.

We're the tortoise that has outrun the hare because it chose the easy predictions.

Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.

No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training.

A guilty conscience means at least you have one.