Tolerance was like one of those soothing creams—it drew out inflammation, it did away with the pain.

People don’t talk about mercy very much these days—it has a rather old-fashioned ring to it. but it exists and its power is quite extraordinary

…the world was a vale of tears—it always had been.

What we have, we all must lose—that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earth—nothing more.

…there is faith and faith. One form of faith is actual practice—the rituals and so on—the other form of faith involves actually believing in it.

The pumpkin is a uniquely American plant, widely regarded as one of the most magical plants in all the world.

It is not good for the spirits to dwell on that which cannot be altered.

Either you 'are' in your mind, or you are where you are. Fully present.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

A penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be.

I think it's been time for a new party. I think it's time for two new parties. If you watch the Democratic convention, that has become a socialist party now.

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.

I have no mission. No one has.

Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these three modes of activity exhaust his powers.