The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.

To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.

Peace is not a season, it is a way of life.

The best way to overcome temptation is to avoid the tempting situation.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

But, said as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in.

fools rush in...

Only God helps the badly dressed.

The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.

Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason.

A weird thing about humans is we work till we're sick to get a fortune, then pay a fortune to get well again.

It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.

Continuing a short series on the Bible: A man who is well-grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.

It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters. •Evander Holyfield The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. •Deepak Chopra Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. •Ovid Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. •Ralph Waldo Emerson A heart in love with beauty never grows old. •Turkish Proverb To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

The only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence.

people who are willing to kill animals just to satisfy their greed for meat are ultimately, really, killing themselves by their cruelty, that is God at work

'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity; She that has that is clad in complete steel, And, like a quiver'd nymph with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds; Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandite, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity.

Fat people are harder to kidnap.

I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness.