Rulers anywhere are always the first to fly, and the people must stay behind to be steadfast. And the noise of the battle grew more strong, hour by hour.
To belong to one was to deny himself the privilege of belonging to all.
They were young no more, their passion spent unused, but the memory of love remained eternal. Indeed, her mellowed heart was more tender now than ever toward him and there was nothing left that she co...
The truth is I cannot hate wholly enough to kill a man. I always know how he feels, too.
The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is a...
The first peaches of spring - the first peaches! Buy, eat, purge your bowels of the poisons of winter!
The best thing in the world for each of us is that which we can best do, because it gives us the feeling of being useful. That’s happiness.
Mind and body were well or ill together.
But the railroads are a new force. No hatred is in their history. They heal the wounds of the past, and they reach toward the future.
But the boy only muttered bitterly,
All that had been was now no more.
It is better not to say "lend." There is only giving.
Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes.
In this unbelievable universe in which we live there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines reaching into infinity meet somewhere yonder.
As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world.
We must learn to live with danger, " he now said to Kino. "Do you mean the ocean and the volcano cannot hurt us if we are not afraid?" Kino asked. "No," his father replied. "I did not say that. Ocean...
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself.
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.