Church and State, Soul and Body, God and Man, are all one at Mont Saint Michel, and the business of all is to fight, each in his own way, or to stand guard for each other.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

When you lack the courage to publicly defend biblical truth, it is a clear testimony that you lack the Holy Spirit. The gift of the Holy Spirit is a gift of no fear.

Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean.

Respect is both earned and lost.

... life is a series of tiny, unavoidable decisions.

Abbey relaxed, grateful not only that someone had thought to throw a party for her, but that she had been able to escape attending.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

A person who has truly realized the principle of nonviolence has the God given strength for his weapon, and the world has not yet known anything that can match it.

The sentimental want to be thrilled by everything.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.