...this miserable trick the romantic plays upon himself: of setting just beyond his reach the very thing he prizes.

In this world goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is the victory. To do anything less is to be less than a man.

Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real?

As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair.

People who are ordinarily understood to dislike each other or at least to be indifferent toward each other discover that they have much in common.

All living relationships are in process ofchange, of expansion, and must perpetually be building themselves new forms. But there is no singlefixed form to express such a changing relationship.

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.

It will all be better in the end and if it is not better then it must not be the end yet

Leaning to the side but you can't speed through; 2 miles an hour so everybody sees you.

I love him who reserveth no share of spirit for himself, but wanteth to be wholly the spirit of his virtue: thus walketh he as spirit over the bridge.

He expects us to kill him," Palomides said to Dinadan. "Some people are so demanding," Dinadan replied. "Considering we've only just met, I mean.

To refuse has so many more consequences than submitting.

Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs — To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind.

“How does one grow up?” I asked a friend the other day. There was a slight pause; then she answered, “By thinking.”

To live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.