Wisdom

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.

I can see how, with enough false education, enough widespread illusion and error, men can, while remaining men, believe this and commit the most unspeakable crimes.

Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and it is when we lose sight of this all-pervading truth that we become greedy and covetous.

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

Hmm,' she said. ''Curiouser and curiouser,' to quote Alice.

Words are fossilized butterfly wings,pretty to look at sometimes,but only good for Museums.I want to miserably burn down the Museums.

You see Miss Gertrude is a genius. And a genius is a genius. So what if no one understands a word she writes. Some day they might.

You won't find the tales I bear in any books . . . My tales are from the Moon Realm.” —Ebb Autumn.

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents.

Quiet people always know more than they seem. Although very normal, their inner world is by default fronted mysterious and therefore assumed weird. Never underestimate the social awareness and sense of reality in a quiet person; they are some of the most observant, absorbent persons of all.

People never cease to amaze me.

Nature gave men two ends-one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.

Noise in the form of words'.

The stars in the sky are immeasurable.

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed than for diose who deny the whole of it.

Though aging reduces speed, it increases experience and understanding.

He was vain and tended to surround himself with intellectual and moral pygmies.

Worry never climbed a hill worry never paid a bill Worry never dried a tear worry never calmed a fear Worry never darned a heel worry never cooked a meal It never led a horse to water nor ever did a thing it 'oughter.'.

A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to.