Gardens were before gardeners, and but some hours after the earth.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

Ignite your lamp of peace and enlighten the world from the darkness of hatred.

The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose.

Nothing was simple, certainly not simplification.

The world was getting dangerously crowded with crazy people.

You have no idea, right now, what some young person in your church will mean for the cause of Christ. Lean in, encourage, mentor, think big.

Your reasoning is excellent, it's only your basic assumptions that are wrong.

Failed the bright promise of your early day?

Good mothers make all kinds of choices. Making a decision that might sound selfish does not make a woman a bad mother.

Never underestimate the importance of self-belief to transform your own organization, to reassure nervous clients, and to change the future of our business.