Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.

Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932 Any such distinction between disreputable and respectable sins... Jesus Christ absolutely refuses to allow. In His eyes avarice, pride, refusal to forgive, hypocrisy, are at least as bad as fornication or adultery or violence.

Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all Together we stand, divided we fall.

To the ass, or the sow, their own offspring appears the fairest in creation.

Time is my greatest enemy.

The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

Hail to the crown by Freedom shaped--to gird An English sovereign's brow! and to the throne Whereon he sits! whose deep foundations lie In veneration and the people's love.

Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which we go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.

A wise teacher makes learning a joy.

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.

Whatever Sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore.

Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image.

A man is getting along on the road to wisdom when he begins to realize that his opinion is just an opinion.

Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer; Growing straight out of man's reach, on the hill. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.