If fathers were to be mothers, then there will never have a family of more than three.

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale.

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own.

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow.

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily.

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's wrong the greatest of all.

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage.

If you think you can do this.YES!You can do it!!Believe in yourself!!

The difference between the rich and the poor, is finding true love.

The more older we get, less question we ask. We have lost contacts, we have lost and the curiosity of the things.

God bless Africa, Guard her people, Guide her leaders, And give her peace.

I do believe that, in time, doctors - both alternative and orthodox - will begin using whatever is the highest best treatment for their patients, regardless of the modality.

The problem with Bush is that yes, he's religious in a fundamentalist sort of way, they read the Old Testament as a sort of charter for the chosen people to do what they like.

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.

The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.