It is Lucifer, The son of mystery; And since God suffers him to be, He, too, is God's minister, And labors for some good By us not understood.

I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse.

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper. - Unkempt Thoughts, 1962.

We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

The whole discord of this world consists in discords.

Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the most powerful and the most useful things in the world.

Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has received.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Any single verse of the Bible, taken in isolation, may actually be dangerous to your spiritual health. Every part of it must be read in relation to the whole message.

My mother loved children--she would have given anything if I had been one.

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

But an untimely grave.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.

One man has enthusiasm !0 minutes, another !0 days, but it is the man who has it !0 years who makes a success of his life.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Give Me Strength! A petition no doubt directed at our Creator above, these words are uttered in times of complete exasperation.

Availability is better than ability for God.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.