Archived Quotes

Prayer is an act of love

words are not needed.

Even if sickness distracts

from thoughts, all that is

needed is the will to love.

A person's a person,

no matter how small.

I love the smell of rain

and I love the sound of

the ocean waves.

It was the best of times,

it was the worst of times.

To know the true nature of the heavens,

one must first free oneself from the chains of human opinion.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Laws control the lesser man...

Right conduct controls the greater one.

From a child,

I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music,

painting, flowers, and the sciences,

Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

You will not be punished for your anger,

you will be punished by your anger.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Education is a weapon whose effect depends on

who holds it in his hands.

Whatever has happened to you in your past,

has no power over this present moment,

because life is now.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows,

but only empties today of its strength.

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous.

We know the court that made it has

often overruled its own decisions,

and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

Love is merely a madness,

and I tell you deserves as well a dark house

and a whip as madmen do.

Keep your mind free and your heart open.

When humor goes,

there goes civilization.

Every setback is a setup for a comeback.

I can accept failure,

everyone fails at something.

But I can’t accept not trying.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens;

but often we look so long at the closed door

that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.