The spirit of delight comes in small ways.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

It is better to be a fool than to be dead.

And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all.

There is nothing but God's grace. We walk upon it; we breathe it; we live and die by it; it makes the nails and axles of the universe.

It is not enough to be ready to go where duty calls. A man should stand around where he can hear the call!