It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks. ' No one notices me now.
Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy.
Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled. . . yes. . . the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He asks.
From him [Wilard Bennett] I learned how different a working laboratory is from a student laboratory. The answers are not known! [While an undergraduate, doing experimental measurements in the laboratory of his professor, at Ohio State University. ]
History does not provide any example of capital accumulation brought about by a government. As far as governments invested in the construction of roads, railroads, and other useful public works, the capital needed was provided by the savings of individual citizens and borrowed by the government.
Illusion and wisdom combined are the charm of life and art.
I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?