Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite
It is not certain that everything is uncertain.
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
Unless we love the truth we cannot know it.
Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce their own image on men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They smooth, and quiet, and comfort the hearer.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.
The essence of poetry is will and passion.
I don't know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is.
Since my house burned down I now own a better view of the rising moon.
So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?