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

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.

... 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.

And you each gentle animal In confidence may bind, And make them follow at your call, If you are always kind.

All religions are based on obsolete terminology.

Seeking rest is like seeking the gift rather than the Giver

From Graham Greene, I learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals.

The real problem is what to do with problem solvers after the problem is solved.

He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical.

Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

Mr. Mum's Rudesheimer And the church of St. Geryon Are the two things alone That deserve to be known In the body-and-soul-stinking town of Cologne.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.

Education is power. It is just like a light in complete darkness.