Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.