Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

If we repent of our sins, we shall recieve refreshing time from the Lord.

Is it really worth dying for the person you lo

Do not fight for your rights on streets. Do it elegantly within you!

The only way to become an eccentric is to end your relationship with extroverts.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

Humanity is mind-controlled and only slightly more conscious than your average zombie.

It is really important that you live in a place that has good energy. Where you sleep, where you dream, where you meditate, where you spend a lot of time is key.

Passion lies between one mark and the next, and also within all of them.

To accuse me of making sensations is the easiest way of attacking me, and in reality leaves the question of sculpture untouched.

I think most gypsies all over the world are used to being not really welcome and always on the run, expecting people to not like them and to be critical.