There is no home as comfortable as your father's arms and no bed as soft as your mother's lap.
It is not in our hands to prevent our birth; but we can correct this mistake - for in some cases it is a mistake.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
Once I was seated, I couldn't help people-watching. I'll admit it, I'm an addict from way back.
The only thing we are naturally afraid of is pain, or loss of pleasure. And because these are not annexed to any shape, colour, or size of visible objects, we are frighted of none of them, till either we have felt pain from them, or have notions put into us that they will do us harm.
I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.
We get our morals from books. I didn't get mine from books, but I know that morals do come from books- theoretically at least.