It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.

Here's how the court put it, and all judges agreed to this. The court said: "There exists and obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations under nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control."

I always feel at home where the sugar maple grows.... glorious in autumn, a fountain of coolness in summer, sugar in its veins, gold in its foliage, warmth in its fibers, and health in it the year round.

One of the hardest lessons we have to learn in this life, and one that many persons never learn, is to see the divine, the celestial, the pure, in the common, the near at hand-to see that heaven lies about us here in this world.

Literature is an investment of genius which pays dividends to all subsequent times.

Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live.