The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.

We talk of sunshine and moonshine, but not of cloud-shine, which is yet one of the illuminations of our skies. A shining cloud is one of the most majestic of all secondary lights.

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.

There is nothing in the world more peaceful than apple - leaves with an early moon.

If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there is also the familiar look that is the sign of perpetual crowds.

Assuredly it would be a pity if laughter should ever become, like rhetoric and the arts, a habit.

My day-mind can endure / Upright, in hope, all it must undergo. / But O, afraid, unsure, / My night-mind waking lies too low, too low.

A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to follow will not seem to throw it further back -- it is already so far.

I come from nothing: but from where come the undying thoughts I bear?

Rich meanings of the prophet-Spring adorn, / Unseen, this colorless sky of folded showers, / And folded winds...

No mirror keeps its glances.

Discipline is an index of your lifebook, maintain it properly

Follow people who love people. Not necessarily those who teach people.

If you wanna live long, live your Passion.

Life is a game, and it's much more fun if you play it as your own game, so stay light and loose and relaxed.

Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead.

You try not to have a favorite when you have sons or kids. Can't have a favorite. Can't let them know know if you do. I don't. I treat my main son and the other two exactly the same way.

It's not only possible, but likely that the Nobel Prize in economics will go in alternate years to people who disagree on nearly everything fundamental.

I make it a rule of Christian duty never to go to a place where there is not room for my Master as well as myself.

I wan’t a girl who is fun and loves adventure.

The first time I tried organic wheat bread, I thought I was chewing on roofing material