Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves.

Years teach us more than books.

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.

In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all is there for itself.

Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.

It was their secret, a secret meant for just the two of them, and she'd never been able to imagine how it would sound coming from someone else. But, somehow, Logan made it sound just right.

it is with this same imperialism that present-day simulators attempt to make the real, all of the real, coincide with their models of simulation.

Determination itself, offers us many ways in achieving than resting on bed with lazy thoughts.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

I have a lot to be grateful for.

What makes the farmers market such a special place is that you are actually creating community around food.

It's easier to see the mistake on someone else's paper.

I've always had good energy; I've always had good health.

A man needs enough...no less, no more.

In the church of my heart the choir is on fire