Nihilism is.not only the belief that everything deserves to perish; but one actually puts one shoulder to the plough; one destroys.

A sweet friendship refreshes the soul.

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of his life.

I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree. The tree was planted in the middle of a great round table, and towered high above their heads. It was brilliantly lighted by a multitude of little tapers; and everywhere sparkled and glittered with bright objects.

Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, believed to have one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world, girls and women face increased peril on the road to safety.

Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.