Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.