Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.

I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar.

The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.

The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.

Socialism is a return to primitive conditions.

Doctor Livingstone, I presume?

Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.

The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children.

Love isn't an accident. Love is a choice.

Put some action on your good intentions!

Bicycles are the most efficient vehicles on the planet, 50 times more efficient than cars, and twice as efficient as walking.

Brains are no good if you don't use them.

I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones.

There's no shame in being crazy.

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs.

A stage space has two rules: (1) Anything can happen and (2) Something must happen.