Alphabet Quotes

We have become 99 percent money mad.

The method of living at home modestly and within our income,

laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come,

can almost be listed among the lost arts.

The possession of knowledge does not kill

the sense of wonder and mystery.

There is always more mystery.

You can build your own things

that other people can use.

I have been refused entrance on the buses because

I would not pay my fare at the front

and go around to the rear door to enter.

That was the custom if the bus was crowded up to the point

where the white passengers would start occupying.

As we grow old,

the beauty steals inward.

You’ve got to take the highs with the lows.

If you want to be happy, be.

I hate the giving of the hand

unless the whole man accompanies it.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The only way to enjoy life is through music.

Hope is the thing with

feathers that perches

in the soul

and sings

the tunes without the words

and never stops at all.

A nation does not become prosperous by chance.

The best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless,

unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity,

and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

There are a number of women

who have brought about immense change in society.

A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

Music is a safe space to explore emotions.

Life is full of misery,

loneliness,

and suffering—and it’s all over much too soon.

You need to be a professional.

I am not bound to win,

but I am bound to be true.

I am not bound to succeed,

but I am bound to live by the light that I have.

I must stand with anybody that stands right,

and stand with him while he is right,

and part with him when he goes wrong.