There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

Sunlight is painting.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

Dare to risk public criticism.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

The cure for boredom is curiosity.There is no cure for curiosity.

Each soul is potentially divine.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

The future is something which every one reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.