Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must read more

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must share in the guilt for the dead.

Do everything with so much love in your heart that you would
never want to do it any other way.

Do everything with so much love in your heart that you would
never want to do it any other way.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of
comfort.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of
comfort.

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy read more

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy next to me.

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an
instrument which only truth can speak.

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an
instrument which only truth can speak.

Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. When
the judgement day comes, God will find six read more

Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. When
the judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. Stooping by the coffin
lid waiting for something to rise as the something's always did. Imagine
His surprise, bellowing above the general noise, "Where is Effie? She
was dead." Back to God in a tiny voice: "My name's Maybe."
The first crumb said. The number two crumb picked up the song.
"Might, I'm called. I've done no wrong." Cried the third crumb,
"I am Should. Here's our little brother Could and my big sister
Would. Don't punish us for we've been good." And the last crumb, with
some shame, whispered unto God, "My name is Must and with the others,
we've been Effie, who isn't alive and never was. Cross the threshold have
no dread. Lift the sheet back in this way.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.

The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.

A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.