“We must believe that there are places where tranquility exists and nature is given back her power to speak...”

“We must believe there are places where tranquility still exists and nature is given back her power to speak”

“Reading doesn't put you to sleep... it makes you dream...”

“When we are young we squander time as though it were unlimited; When we grow older, then like beggars we wish for crumbs of remembrance...”

“Having no curiosity can be a dangerous thing..”

“God's beauty is better by far than anything that comes out of a jar..”

“A human being in this aged nation of ours is a very wonderful whole, the slow creation of long interchanging influences; and charm is a result of two such wholes, the one loving and the one loved.”

“The more one judges, the less one loves.”

“[N]one of us drinks the chalice of our existence to the last drop. None of us is fully obedient. Each of us falls short of the human nature entrusted to us.”

“To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself.”

“Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.”

“The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be reconciled with their profession. But being by nature a kind and intelligent man, he soon ...”

“Museums are like sports stadiums, hotels and hospitals: they are in the category of captive-audience dining.”