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

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.

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.

Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.

Peace does not come from destroying evil, but from building goodness.

The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

It is feeling that sets a man thinking, and not thought that sets him feeling.

My heart is not peripheral to me.

The point is not to give people a break. The point is to tell all the truth you can bear about them and not despise them, not to be a kumbaya kind of guy.

I will catch a wave every day, even in my mind.

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.

By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.