A house though otherwise beautiful, yet if it hath no garden belonging to it, is more like a prison than a house.

Herbes... comfort the wearied braine with fragrant smells which yielde a certaine kind of nourishment.

Prayer is a realm of possibilities.

I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods.

Rapture's self is three parts sorrow.

Being brokenhearted is like having broken ribs. On the outside it looks like nothing's wrong, but every breath hurts.

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.

Where then shall hope and fear their objects find?

I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.

... politics are nothing but sand and gravel: it is art and life that feed us until we die. Everything else is ambition, hysteria or hatred.

Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The consequences of this act are irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated motherhood.

Christianity is not just for the strong; it's for everyone.