The world is a bundle of hay, Mankind are the asses that pull, Each tugs in a different way And the greatest of all is John Bull!

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.

I need Christ, not something that resembles Him.

I always dream of it: that something will open my eyes, and open everything inside me as well.

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.

The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television.

I have students who are now in chairs in five continents. They invite me to their inaugurals. A tremendous reward.

The blessing of life as a wholecan never be found in work.

The Bible shows the clear statement of God's purposes concerning the earth, and man once made its prince. Its opening chapters show that it was intended for man's instruction.

Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.