Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.

In a democracy such as ours the leading minds seldom achieve a place of permanent influence. And the men who sit in Congress or even in the White House are usually not our leading minds. They are not the thinkers. Still less have they time for reflection.

the vicious result of privilege is that the creature who receives it becomes incapacitated by it as by a disease.

A person's heart withers if it does not answer another heart.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.