Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone, I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done.

Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one to put it there.

A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.

I think that people are born with a certain makeup, and that we're all children of God.

There is nothing personal in the thunderclap of understanding. The lightning that releases it comes from outside oneself.

Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.

We don't have to talk about faith and family at dinner-we just show it.

The bad mood fairy comes to annoy you only when you are actually in a good position, but don't yet realise it!

If only it was effortless to understand you because if it wasn't so. . .there wouldn't be any point to be by your side... —kakeru manabe

Music is not an exact science so depending on the time and the mode and the energy when we do it that will determine what happens with it.