What in the rising man was industry and economy, becomes in the rich man parsimony and avarice.

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

Rugged strength and radiant beauty-- These were one in Nature's plan; Humble toil and heavenward duty-- These will form the perfect man.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

... rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them.

The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.

There can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.

Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

Too much truth destroys.

Man would rather be loved for what he has, than be hated for what he lacks.

True creation requires authority and authenticity.

It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present society .

I was daily intoxicated, yet no man could call me intemperate.

When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab monsters in them, it really opened up a lot of things for me.

The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?

We prepare our students for jobs and careers, but we don't teach them to think as individuals about what kind of world they would create.

Religions are founded by what mystics say when they come back; but what the mystics say is not the same as what happened to them.

United have more experience but we have a much better team and play much better football.