"It would not be more unreasonable to transplant a favorite flower out of black earth into gold dust than it is for a person to let money-getting harden his heart into contempt, or into impatience, of the little attentions, the merriments and the caresses of domestic life."

“One of the reasons we don't do as well as we should is that we are all over-taught.”

“Until we have a natural, that is, a conscientious world, it cannot be known by experience what natural law will do for the gratification of a supreme affection; but, if you will give me that world, there will be in it very few not called to marriage, provided society allows proper opportunities for acquaintance between marriageable persons.”

Source : Joseph Cook (1879). “Monday Lectures in Tremont Hall, Boston, U.S.”

“Truth is what stands the test of experience.”

“You used to be fly, but you crashed your plane.”

“Every theory in medicine, if medicine is to remain healthy, must be beaten out on the anvil of skepticism. So do we weed out charlatanism.”

“I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.”

Source : Speech in 1988. "What if the Fed Chief Speaks Plainly?" by Floyd Norris, www.nytimes.com. October 28, 2005.

“The Church is built on the rock of Peter, and he who eats the Lamb outside this holy dwelling is reprobate .. .He who eats the Lamb outside this Apostolic See has no part with God!”

“I was trying to fit in for so long, until about Junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy,”