Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention o….

Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then ... pick ….

It turns out there's only one thing that capuchins really, really love - and that's sweet stuff. If you give them a big vat of say, marshmallow fluff….

The ideal Christmas gift is money, but the trouble is you can't charge it..

The artist's imagination may wander far from nature. But as long as it is a living, moving power in his brain, isn't it just as real as any other nat….

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing..

The great soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry..

The dews of the evening most carefully shun; Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun..

The competition is very stiff. Brian Williams has proved himself as a credible news anchor (at NBC), and Bob Schieffer has done the same (at CBS). Bu….

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them..

All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion..

There are some communities that feel you shouldn't give them the publicity, because it's just going to make people curious. There are communities who….

Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be..

You have to climb to reach a deep thought..

I believe the world is increasingly in danger of becoming split into groups which cannot communicate with each other, which no longer think of each o….

The fly runs toward the fire or lamp, thinking that it is a flower, and gets burnt up. Even so, the passionate man runs towards a false beautiful for….

As the last drops fell from the glass to my tongue, I wondered - only for an instant - what perhaps I'd never know. What would it taste like, what wo….

The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees..

You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well..

Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn''t be seen dead at.

There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!.