Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil.
The dirtier your Bible, the cleaner your heart!
The greatest mistake we can make is to stay on the ground after falling.
Our expectation in ourselves must be higher than our expectation in others.
Freedom keeps us soaring, but quarreling destroys our ability to fly.
The love of Christ always helps us see beyond the faults of others.
Freedom is not doing what we want, but what we should.
. . . the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them take any risks, then I believe they become very prone to injury. Boys should be allowed to climb tall trees and walk along the tops of high walls and dive into the sea from high rocks. . . The same with girls. I like the type of child who takes risks. Better by far than the one who never does so.
Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings To his strong bones, strides o'er the groaning rocks: He withers all in silence, and his hand Unclothes the earth, and freezes up frail life.
Sometimes I can be walking down the street, or riding a bus, and suddenly I see somebody who remind me of somebody I know back home, and I close my eyes and find myself thinking of the sea, or the taste of grafted mango, or the smell of saltfish frying, and then I come back to myself and open my eyes and realise where I am.
A newly married couple said, "What shall we do to make our love endure?" Said the Master, "Love other things together".