Feast of Andrew the Apostle Without ordinances, men would be much more mischievous and ungovernable than dogs and cattle. And few have come to the knowledge of the truth, but what have begun with holy practices and ordinances, and exercised themselves therein so long as they knew nothing more nor better.

Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

[Johannes] Brahms chose his own texts [for his German Requiem] from Luther's Bible to illustrate the Protestant conviction that man must hear and respond to God's word in man's own language, and that every believer must be free to deal with the Biblical text apart from priestly veto... For the word "German" he would gladly have substituted the word "human" because he was concerned to comment on "the primary text of human existence," finding there, as in the Bible, the universal themes of suffering and joy.

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Beauteous Night lay dead Under the pall of twilight, and the love-star sickened and shrank.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

A mind's frigidity: frozen steel, dark rage, morbidity. Cold fire.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard boiled egg.

Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

More are taken in by hope than by cunning.