The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

Clearly, America has no shortage of metaphorical opportunities for the poor.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

Only through sacrifice can Genesis survive.

Would you think it strange if I said I was having a good time? We're lost and confused and carrying around a cat. By all accounts, I should be feeling completely at a loss. Irritated.

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be.

Today we are all speeding under the golden arms of the arches into our city, into our lives, into the world that is a stream of information, ceaselessly collected and projected.

As fleeting commitments, diets often fail. Thinking of dietary choices as part of who you are...can give them real staying power

The truth is I'm a bit old school. For me, it would be hard to put on a Lakers jersey. That's just the way it is.

In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season.