What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for read more

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.

As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm. - read more

As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm. - Epidemics.

Smile when it hurts most.

Smile when it hurts most.

In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

A favorite has no friend!

A favorite has no friend!