For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

The trust I have...for some people...comes down to how well I know them, and then it's a matter of my trusting them to do what I think they're going to do.

There is plenty of dignity in just holding on

If all we seek is an escape, what does that say about the world we live in. We are desperate with our dreams. What - oh, what - does that say?

Unto you is bornin the city of Davida Savior for all.

It is a mistake, " Labruyère tells us, "to be in love without an ample fortune.

You're making sense, old man, a sense of your own. You're not crazy the way they think. Yes...I see...

I do not think the devil cares how many churches you build, if only you have lukewarm preachers and people in them.

For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever present sense of humor; it is the next best thing to an abiding faith in providence.

Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.

Vanity bids all her sons be brave, and all her daughters chaste and courteous.

I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.

Perhaps punctuality is a quality made even more valuable because it is found in so few people. Punctuality is not usually thought of in our day as a major virtue.