It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

For beauty is God's handwriting...A nd, thank God for it as a cup of His blessing.

We are impressed and even daunted by the immense Universe to be explored. "What we know is a point to what we do not know."

The resources of the scholar are proportioned to his confidence in the attributes of the intellect.

It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day.

Life is to be lived, not controlled.

There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.