A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a hazel-eye, but changes to a golden bronze as you temper it with cream that never cheated, but was real cream from its birth, thick, tenderly yellow, perfectly sweet, neither lumpy nor frothing on the Java: such a cup of coffee is a match for twenty blue devils and will exorcise them all.

Here is the best wish for the new year: Let there be more freedom of thought throughout the world! Fields need rain; truths need freedom of thought! read more

• Thought Best Wish for New Year Let More Freedom Thought Throughout World Fields Need Rain Truths

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better. read more

• Thought Tell Truth Boldly Whether Hurts Pander Weakness Too Much for Intelligent People Sweeps Them Away Let Go Sooner Better

I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. read more

• Thought Believe Accident Birth Makes People Sisters Brothers Them Siblings Gives Mutuality Parentage Sisterhood Brotherhood Condition Work

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. read more

• Thought Wise Man Recognizing World Illusion Does Act Real Escapes Suffering

Simplicity is the seal of truth. read more

• Thought Simplicity Seal Truth

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong. read more

• Thought Defeat School Which Truth Grows Strong

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one. read more

• Thought Laughter Bad Beginning for Friendship Best Ending

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. read more

• Thought Most Shadows Life Caused by Our Standing Own Sunshine

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. read more

• Thought Library Luxury Necessities Life

Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting. read more

• Thought Victories Easy Cheap Those Worth Having Which Come Result Hard Fighting