We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

The vision of milk and honey, it comes and goes. But the odor of cooking goes on forever.

His words span rivers and mountains, but his thoughts are still only six inches long.

Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.

No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.

Where I would like to discover facts, I find fancy. Where I would like to learn what I did, I learn only what I was thinking. Theyare loaded with opinion, moral thoughts, quick evaluations, youthful hopes and cares and sorrows. Occasionally, they manage to report something in exquisite honesty and accuracy. That is why I have refrained from burning them.

By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.