“Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy”

“The other day I chanced to meet An angry man upon the street A man of wrath, a man of war, A man who truculently bore Over his shoulder, like a lance, A banner labeled Tolerance.”

“God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul.”

“A mother's hardest to forgive.Life is the fruit she longs to hand youRipe on a plate. And while you live,Relentlessly she understands you.”

“Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!”

“Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.”

“Knowing the self is the biggest truth. If we find the truth within, we have found God.”

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”

“What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.”

“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.”

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”

“I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myse...”