I love my country better than my family; but I love humanity better than my country.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

If one attains only the faith in the Self, he will not experience fear anywhere at all, fear will go away.

Women often forget that the man she is complaining about is a creation of a mother like her.

When you follow the right steps you will never get lost.

When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

Blessed are those who know nothing, and diligently spread the same.

Her voice was like a line from an old black-and-white Jean-Luc Godard movie, filtering in just beyond the frame of my consciousness.

All things come to pass When they do, if they do All things come to their end When they do, as they do. . . .

There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in political campaigns. Campaigns are very labor intensive and volunteer dependent.

To yourself you are what you think. To the outside world, you are what you do.