Did not Jesus say, resist not evil — with evil? Is not war the worst form of that evil.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

When a moral man speaks, listen. But when immoral men speak, toss away their words like bad fruit. Truth will never shine from a heart filled with corruption and lies.

You can only kill disappointment with a new try.

Whatever begins to exist has a cause.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

All fear is but the notion that God's love ends.

Nothing feels worse than other people's good times.

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

The young have stolen our youthfulness, and flaunt it without shame.

Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.