Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.

Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material.

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

The distance had been evaporated by humor

You make all the fashion statements just by dressing up your mind.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

I'm a little bit more unusual so I consider myself as the black sheep.

She was mine and not-mine all at once. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and the most terrifying.

Get out and about. Rather than going to the same gym and doing the same thing, it's a good opportunity to try different things.

The fear that all this will end. The fear that it won't.

As long as you pretend to be self-sufficient, you short-circuit God's power in your life. You need to admit your inadequacy and say, "God, I can't handle this!"

Faith can take many different forms and expressions.