Race prejudice is a gift of nature, intended to preserve in purity the various divisions of mankind which the ages have evolved.
The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.
A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame. The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, who has no living traffic with his knowledge but merely repeats his lesson to his students, can only load their minds, he cannot quicken them.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.
It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.
Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, first fill your own house with the fragrance of love. Go not to the temple to light candles before the altar of God, first remove the darkness of sin from your heart. Go not to the temple to bow down your head in prayer, first learn to bow in humility before your fellow men. Go not to the temple to pray on bended knees, first bend down to lift someone who is down trodden. Go not to the temple to ask for forgiveness for your sins, first forgive from your heart those who have sinned against you.
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
I'm aware of what's missing from my life.
What do we say to the Lord of Death?" "Not today.
She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good.
Understanding is not a piercing of the mystery, but an acceptance of it, a living blissfully with it, in it, through and by it.