There is hardly a more heart-thrilling pleasure enjoyed by mortals, than that which parents feel when seeing their child first being able to 'catch knowledge of objects.

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

Rugged strength and radiant beauty-- These were one in Nature's plan; Humble toil and heavenward duty-- These will form the perfect man.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

... rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them.

The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.

There can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.

Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

Imani ni nia ya kujua kisichoweza kujulikana na hupeleka watu kwenye ukweli. Kuamini hupotosha, na ni nia ya kudharau kinachoweza kujulikana.

Discipline is a kind of divine hand for the mankind on the matter of achieving great successes!

Some parts of life are lived in the shadows where the only sunlight you feel is the light you pray for.

Love? ... It's at the heart of every story.

When we are in Christ His goals are now our goals, and we are to be busy with his work on earth.

I mean my goal is to get Michael Richards to do stand up at the Laugh Factory to an all black audience.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

Let's face it: WikiLeaks exists because the mainstream media haven't done their job.

I'm getting grumpier all the time.