What a joy is there in a good book, writ by some great master of thought, who breaks into beauty as in summer the meadow into grass and dandelions and violets, with geraniums and manifold sweetness.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

To Hear What Silence Is Saying, You Must Have Inner Peace. A Violent Mind Can’t Understand It....

If you are worrying about reputation, you are taking time away from doing the things that really matter.

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.

They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed.

Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.

I tried to be as positive as possible, because I have the same birthday as Michael Jackson. He is my cosmic brother. I love him.

A friend is someone who allows you distance but is never far away.

Every thought we have is a form of energy that continues to exist forever.

A glance at Christ will save, but it is the gazing at Christ that sanctifies.

Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.