It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you read more

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic read more

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating and destructive effect upon our society than the others.

Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows.

Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows.

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

Quiet is what home would be without children.

Quiet is what home would be without children.