Laurence Sterne

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.