It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister.

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul -- politics does the same thing for the body.

Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother?

The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

Old men when they begin to hear the last trumpet, on the morning breeze, often have a kind of absent-minded smile; like people listening. And their smiles are just politeness.

People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.