"The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose."

“Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.”

“Last night I made an insensitive comment which I sincerely regret. It was my mistake and I want to apologize to those who were offended.”

“Today I trust my instinct, I trust myself. Finally.”

“Everyman is me. I am his brother. No man is my enemy. I am Everyman and he is in and of me. This is my faith, my strength, my deepest hope, and my only belief.”

Source : Kenneth Patchen (1991). “Awash with Roses: The Collected Love Poems of Kenneth Patchen”, Small PressDistribution

“I hate to be sporty and athletic. I wish that I could be, but I just wasn't born that way.”

“Magic is what we invent when we want something we think we cant have.”

Source : Sarah Addison Allen (2014). “Lost Lake”, p.54, St. Martin's Press

“As a matter of fact, if we could communicate the truth, not only to the Hispanics but to the black population, all blacks should be Republican, and all Hispanics should be Republican.”

“After Montesquieu, the next great addition to Sociology (which is the term I may be allowed to invent to designate Social Physics) was made by Condorcet, proceeding on the views suggested by his illustrious friend Turgot.”