The zest of life lies in right doing, not in the garnered harvest.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

You can't hammer in a nail with words...""No, but you can start a war with them.

Art simply can’t be stopped.

years later, it's all the TV stars with the film deals, whether it's the cast of Friends or That '70s Show now with Ashton and other people doing stuff.

It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one can say your mother didn't have a sense of humor.

We're looking for answers in a landfill instead of looking to people who bring the light.

To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.

Ain't no man can outrun his fate.

The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart.

Children understand and remember concepts best when they learn from direct personal experience.

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.