Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But.

Some sorrows are but footprints in the snow, which the genial sun effaces, or, if it does not wholly efface, changes into dimples.

The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying thoughts. Thus living, though their footfalls are heard no more, their voices are louder than the thunder, and unceasing as the flow of tides or air.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.