“Wisdom is not finally tested by the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass’d from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.”

I exist as I am, that is enough.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.

God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

I keep thinking about you every few minutes all day.

Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.

Do anything, but let it produce joy.

When the materials are all prepared and ready, the architects shall appear.

And I will show of male and female that either is but the equal of the other.

Where the earth is, we are.

Where the earth is, we are.

I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.

Be curious, not judgmental.

The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged – keep on – there are divine things, well envelop’d; I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

When something is made idiot proof, they will just make better idiots.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can’t supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.