Nothing can be so bad as to be displeased with one's self.

When Time is spent, Eternity begins.

I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.

Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?

O proudly name their names who bravely sail| To seek brave lost in Arctic snows and seas!

When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget.

Like a blind spinner in the sun,I tread my days:I know that all the threads will runAppointed ways.I know each day will bring its task,And being blind no more I ask.

If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.

Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.

The woman who creates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and women, is a creator second only to God.

O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.

If I were a zombieI'd never eat your brainI'd just want your heart

Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life.

No matter what, if you have the strength of life, it is enough to be thankful.

I'm sorry, " he says. "I don't usually like people. So when I do, part of me is really amused and the other part refuses to believe it's happening.

It is the love of ordinary people, in Burma, in Japan or anywhere else in the world, for justice and peace and freedom that is our surest defense against the forces of unreason and extremism.

Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity.

I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.

Don't resurrect relationships with negative people off of good memories. You will only remind yourself why they became your past in the first place.

I grew up in Manhattan, and I've always had all kinds of people around me. I've always had a very 'live and let live' point of view.

All service ranks the same with God,- With God, whose puppets, best and worst, Are we: there is no last nor first.