Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection

Water is the best of all things.

Learn what you are and be such.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

Your achievements die with you.Your deeds live on as your legacy!

If you let fear make decisions for you, fear will make good decisions - but only for its own sake, not yours. p. 161

The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.

We do not want the peace of slaves nor the peace of the grave.

It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy.

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.

A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth can be.

His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.

She's intense and passionate, so she's perfect.

My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.