It is not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it.

A stand can be made against invasion of an army; no stand can be made against invasion of an idea.

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

Grief. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal.

A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

...the integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies.

Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.

Life, like a mirror, never gives back more than we put into it.

The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs-- That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat, That meat was made for mouths, that the gods sent not Corn for the rich men only. With these shreds They vented their complainings, which being answered And a petition granted them, a strange one, To break the heart of generosity, And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon, Shouting their emulation.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

If you want to be a winner, hang around with winners.

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

As for what the Church thinks and says, what influence does that have on the handling of American politics, the conduct of American education, the regulation of marriage and divorce, on sex and drink, on how industrial disputes are settled, on how we carry on business? As a plain matter of fact, religion in this country is generally regarded as a tolerated pastime for such people as happen to like to indulge in occasional godly exercises -- as a strictly private matter in an increasingly close-knit and socially acting society -- in other words, as something that does not count. I should like to see the Church recognize that it has been pushed into the realm of the non-essentials, and to persuade it to fight like fury for the right and the duty to bring every act of America and Americans before the bar of God's judgment. [Christian leaders] are making valiant claim to such a right and duty; but the great mass of Church members are content to regard the Church as a conglomerate of private culture clubs, nice for christenings, weddings and funerals. Most Church members readily agree with the unchurched majority that it is not the proper business of the Church to criticize America or Americans.

Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait...The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.

Against the darkness outer God's light his likeness takes, And he from the mighty doubter The great believer makes.

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, Let us be merciful as well as just.

Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live you life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.