True glory is a flame lighted at the skies.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.

A house without books is like a room without windows.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Gloom and darkness are temporary. Joy comes in the morning.

Active love doesn’t ask: 'What does this person have to offer me?' Rather: 'What do I have to offer this person?

You can only accomplish the amount you dream.

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves.

I got into music when I was 12, 13.

Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.

Wounds are an essential part of life, and until you are wounded in some way, you cannot become a man.

The more someone talks, the more they reveal about themselves and the more they reveal about the way something has affected them.

I was very happy in my job at the United Nations.