I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you read more

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.

Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri
had rolled a cloud under his head, and read more

Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri
had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely
near the fountain of Salsabil.

One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.

One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth ... Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible read more

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth ... Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life read more

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

He managed to hit all the keys on the great American political piano.

He managed to hit all the keys on the great American political piano.

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised read more

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.