“Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.”

The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.

What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.

If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.

We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Great and small suffer the same mishaps.

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.

All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.

If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.

If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.

How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

Hegel says that Truth is a great word and the thing is greater still. With Dave we never seemed to get past the word.

No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.

Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?

My greatest regret is not having gone to Wellesley College. it is something I have felt a little sad about my whole life.

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.