There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.

Everything we say or don't say makes an imprint on our child's heart.

Religion became the evil of our society when it started to teach resentment and hate instead of unconditional love and wisdom.

Here's a Challenge: Study a complicated topic in such detail that anyone interested can nod their head and understand as you explain specific concepts within the topic.

To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.

Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion.

Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism.

Like the end of a picnic, all the weenies will be roasted.

The computer is important, but not to mathematics.

Other religions are stories of man's search for God. The Bible is the story of God's search for man.

Love, and a cough, are not concealed.