The curse of modern times is, that almost everything does create controversy.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

Each day should be a day of rejoicing. Give thanks and celebrate in all things

No, the horror genre is not my first love. I don't run to the theater to see horror films.

Think! I've got enough to do, and little enough to get for it, without thinking.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

We all contain mysteries, especially when seen from the inside.

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

A man of rare common sense and directness of speech, as of action; a transcendentalist above all, a man of ideas and principles,Mthat was what distinguished him.

While wounds can be inflicted easily upon those we love, it's often much more difficult to heal them.

I knew I was going to be a journalist, and that was it.. full stop.

The value of hatred and ignorance is found in the fact that without them we could never truly appreciate wisdom and love.