Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

If elections could change anything, they would have already made them forbidden.

If you are not working towards something, your life will end with nothing.

If you don't believe in the things you're doing, the answer isn't fooling yourself into thinking you believe it. If you don't believe in what you're doing, then you just shouldn't be doing it.

I'm a pretty private person. I'm not "out there" out there. From living in New York City, I developed a certain awareness that you have to have when you live by yourself.

Heritage saves no one.

If there is any law governing the distribution of income between classes, it still remains to be discovered.

nothing is as conventional as adolescence.

Indeed, at times it's best to shut up.

During Lent, let us find concrete ways to overcome our indifference.

Together with the Bible, the Book of Mormon is an indispensable witness of the doctrines of Christ and His divinity.