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Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
Ask counsel of both times-of the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, But rather that it shall never have a beginning.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed, I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass himself.
I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more, as I grow older.
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.
Our loyalty is due entirely to the United States. It is due to the President only and exactly to the degree in which he efficiently serves the United States. It is our duty to support him when he serves the United States well. It is our duty to oppose him when he serves it badly. This is true about Mr. Wilson now and it has been true about all our Presidents in the past. It is our duty at all times to tell the truth about the President and about every one else, save in the cases where to tell the truth at the moment would benefit the public enemy.
If we don't want to see the map of Central America covered in a sea of red, eventually lapping at our own borders, we must act now.
Angels around us, angels beside us, angels within us. Angels are watching over you when times are good or stressed. Their wings wrap gently around you, whispering you are loved and blessed.
For life is the mirror of king and slave, 'Tis just what we are and do; Then give to the world the best you have, And the best will come back to you.
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
The distance between the present system and our proposal is like comparing the distance between a Model T and the space shuttle. And I should know; I've seen both.
