Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn.

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission.

It seems to me that life is always undoing for us something that we have just laboriously done.

Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits of work.

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection.

A perfect marriage is like a pure heart ... those who have it are fit to see God.

A literary woman's best critic is her husband.

What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims.

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

... to work, to work hard, to see work steadily, and see it whole, was the way to be reputable. I think I always respected a goodblacksmith more than a lady of leisure.

Imagination is built upon knowledge.

Meditation on the holy Scriptures, free us from mental slavery.

A true servant of God is someone who helps another succeed.

Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.

I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.

You can't fall in love after 40; you know so much about life that you can't get fooled anymore.

The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.

Clear language engenders clear thought, and clear thought is the most important benefit of education.

When you feel destructive, negative emotions like hate and anger arise within you towards the person opposing you; cultivate the opposite state of mind.

If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.

Faith is trust or commitment to what you think is true.