I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

I take refuge in my books.

How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

I was born 'neath a clouded star.

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community.

While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.

I never could be good when I was not happy.

The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community.

Boston is an oasis in the desert a place where the larger proportion of people are loving rational and happy.

Life is like a cup of tea the sugar is all at the bottom

Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.

In the nature of things, I must soon lose sight of this sense of constant metamorphosis whose limits bound our human life.

It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

The greatest evils of society are goods that have refused to go on, but have sat down on the highway, saying to the world, "We stop here; do you stop also."

The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare.

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.

Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.

Knight without fear and without reproach.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

My greatest fear is to be misunderstood.

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.

We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

That was my fear, which is why when I was took over a book, I was always trying to tweak it a little bit so that it looked like I was trying to add something instead of keeping the status quo.

You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do with myself feeling? The fear of the emptiness that it implies keeps me going.