Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

Rugged strength and radiant beauty-- These were one in Nature's plan; Humble toil and heavenward duty-- These will form the perfect man.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

... rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them.

The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.

There can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.

Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

for frail but surprisingly strong fairies who had lost their way above groundfor burned mermaids and sick vampire girlsfor wild wolfish women with sharp teeth and leaves in their hair

The traditional techniques used in getting sleep aren’t much effective any longer and our sleep techniques need to evolve as rapidly as our life style has, in order to cope with it.

After school I tell Kate that, as much fun as it sounds, I can't go check out the cup stacking team.

The white men in our colonies are too frequently the savages

Money need not be our only reward.

Getting this caliber of musicians together [for "90 Millas" CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.

The male cannot bear very much humiliation; and he really cannot bear it, it obliterates him.

Divisions of the kind were fashionable at that time, and it was so easy to stifle one's need to help by deciding that help could neither be accepted nor understood.

I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.'

I want to inspire people with my work, whether I'll be dancing, acting, on the big screen, or in the production room.