A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains

There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only ''instinct'' I know of which does it is that instinct which theological Christianity crudely describes as ''the sin of avarice"

A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win

Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?