Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light.

We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion or mistrust or with fear.

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.

I’ve always lived by the creed that you’re never a failure in life when you fall as long as you try and get up

Death, in its silent sure march is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved, so that when he shall knock at my door, I will more willingly follow.