Americans have a taste for…rocking-chairs. A flippant critic might suggest that they select rocking-chairs so that, even when they are sitting down, they need not be sitting still. Something of this restlessness in the race may really be involved in the matter; but I think the deeper significance of the rocking-chair may still be found in the deeper symbolism of the rocking-horse. I think there is behind all this fresh and facile use of wood a certain spirit that is childish in the good sense of the word; something that is innocent, and easily pleased.

The danger of loss of faith in God is not that one will believe in nothing, but rather that one will believe in anything.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

Man is at his tallest when he bows.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities - and found no statues of Committees.

We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.