In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.

To a woman, the consciousness of being will dressed gives a sense of tranquility which religion fails to bestow.

The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

Maundy Thursday Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those who have to fight the battle of Christianity in the twentieth century," wrote Marcus Dods. "Yes, perhaps I do; but it will be a stiff fight." Of course, he did, and anybody with his valiant spirit would. There was a day when our Lord passed through cheering streets wildly enthusiastic; and another day when He watched the crowds deserting Him, till even the disciples themselves seemed to be withering, and He looked at them sadly. "Will you also go away?" He said. And Peter strode across the sudden empty spaces widening around Him, and put his back to Christ's. "No", he cried; "there are two of us, at least", and faced the world, Christ's poor minority of one. I would rather have been Peter than one of the shouting mob. And today, perhaps, we may get our chance of that.

O, wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! and yet again wonderful, and after that out of all hooping. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humour? No, the world must be peopled. When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 3.

Change or die.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others. -Sydney J. Harris.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms.

Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.

It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands that he does not understand it.

No steps backward.