He was both her hero and enemy. She was his best student and biggest regret.
Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.
Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnit...
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
The power to proclaim the greatest news in heaven or on earth was not given to the angels. It was given to redeemed men . . . Every Christian is to be a witness
Use your youth to do something useful or unique or ultimate.
Use the wings of the flying Universe, Dream with open eyes; See in darkness.
The richest man is he who lives simply but has an abundance of love and kindness to give away.
The world won't be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
Gratitude is a miracle of its own recognition. It brings out a sense of appreciation and sincerity of a being.