I am insulted by the persistent asertion that I want war. Am I a fool? War! It would settle nothing.
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. '
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.
If you would get a contented life, do not grasp too much of the world, do not take in more of the business of the world than God calls you to.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?
Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.
Acting was important, but it was not as important as getting an education, and I credit my parents with a lot of that.
Eradication of microbial disease is a will-o'-the-wisp; pursuing it leads into a morass of hazy biological concepts and half truths.
Rather than be asked to abandon one's own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expected to possess a treasure of foreign skills and customs that would enrich the resources of American living.
The grim frost is at hand, when apples will fall thick, almost thunderous, on the hardened earth.