The superior man…does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything what is right he will follow.

The superior man is satisfied and composed the mean man is always full of distress.

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead…While you do not know life, how can you know about death

When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

When a man’s knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud.

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky — or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind blowing where it listeth. History is no sure thing to bet on. History is a box of tricks with a lost key. History is a labyrinth of doors with sliding panels, a book of ciphers with the code in a cave of the Saragossa sea. History says, if it pleases, Excuse me, I beg your pardon, it will never happen again if I can help it.

In reply to the question, What was it the last man on earth said Where is everybody

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of al evil, the sum of all blessings.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Our lives are like a candle in the wind.

A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.