But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is.

Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow.

Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will.

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.

I talk to God but the sky is empty.

Weak emperors mean strong viceroys.

Where is the fun of living if you are going to make yourself a slave to all sorts of petty rules?" asked Patty wearily.

Religion is increasingly a woman's domain in America.

I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

You were there all day long, 12 hours a day. So there was none of this, 'I'm going back to my trailer, my trailer's bigger than your trailer,' that kind of Hollywood nonsense.

You ought to know that October is the first Spring month.

I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.