There is no cheating in nature and the simple unsought feelings of the soul. There must be a truth involved in it, though we may but in part lay hold of the meaning.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

Confidence is the prize given to the mediocre

Life is for service.

Ultimately, then, creativity and originality lie not in the avoidance of established forms but in the imaginative use of them.

God sometimes allows problem to come into our lives to encourage us to make a step forward

There's no liquor in the land that can stop your brain from bleedin

When it is the Lord’s work in which we rejoice, we need not be afraid of being too glad.

What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch?

They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.

Women's eyes are wanderers, and too often bring home guests that are very troublesome to them, and whom, once introduced, they cannot get out of the house.

Exposure to defeat is a very important thing. Anyone who doesn't look to get beaten is doing a disservice to himself.