I was born a Brahmin, but I'm not a Brahmin

I don't know everything; is the first statement of wanting to know

Emma Rothschild's magnificently researched and lucidly written book reveals the many connections and layers of empire without in any way undermining the less edifying aspects of empire.

There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thousand small ways and the only truth there was to learn was that there was no getting used to it.

Dust is the parent of a star!

Compromise is a sign you'll pass on your way to mediocrity.

I am quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature without frequent communication sympathy and service.

I have always felt sympathy towards the biologists who accept to debate creationists. Now I also understand them better; one can fight opinions, not articles of faith.

Schoolteachers are not fully appreciated by parents until it rains all day Saturday.

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

The very day I purchased it, I christened my guitar as my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra.

Art is as natural as sunshine and as vital as nourishment.

We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives ignited by the Spirit of God.