The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak becomes a stepping stone in the path of the strong.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Compassionate people are geniuses in the art of living, more necessary to the dignity, security, and joy of humanity than the discoverers of knowledge.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

You become responsible for a long time for what you've tamed.

Love your neighbor as yourself. That's what we need to adopt to be a better country.

Each day comes to me with both hands full of possibilities.

Eager for bread and love.

Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous.

There is no human reason to be here, except for the sheer ecstasy of being crowded together.

How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them.

The dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors.