No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.

The smoke of glory is not worth the smoke of a pipe.

These tears do me good, they have watered the parched place; perhaps my heart will grow again there!

And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim.

No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Wikis give us a place where anyone who is kind, thoughtful and intelligent can come and join us in building a better and more rational world. Jimmy Wales Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

Death must no longer be either the penalty for prosperity or the consolation of misery. God did not destine it to be either the punishment or the compensation for life.