"It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents."

"The greatest journey starts when the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"To master the mind is to understand that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced."

"It is a enduring truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened."

"The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil."

"The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching."