Don't for a moment believe He was killing the young; He was costuming angels.
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable of involving any man in ruin and misery, is of all tempers of mind the most amiable; and though it seldom receives much honor, is worthy of the highest.
Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
It is a trite but true Observation, that Examples work more forcibly on the Mind than Precepts: and if this be just in what is odious and blameable, it is more strongly so in what is amiable and praiseworthy.
I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.
Don't fake it till you make it. Be real, be transparent, be authentic and be yourself.
That's what I wanted for myself for even just a little while-to be unaware of the rest of the world. I needed some time.
Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin their manufacture before we are aware of it.