That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

When you go nearer to God, He shows you what to do, He tells you when to do it and He backs whatever He promised.

God's grace is your inner strength.

A man who wears a fragrant flower on his collar spreads a perfume wherever he goes. (141)

Get in over your head as often and as joyfully as possible.

He (Jesus) came so that we might receive new life through supernatural regeneration.

Ramanama is for the pure at heart and for those who want to attain purity and remain pure.

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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.

The road was frozen. The village lay quiet under the cold sky. Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi. The moon shone like a blade frozen in blue ice.

In softball . . . , the softball gods giveth and the softball gods taketh away, but that evens out over the season.