Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.

If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.

After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.

A cynic is a person who sees things as it is

These pages testify to the discovery of uhnlikely gifts when we stay in community--especially when we stay after things get hard.

Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine

Anger and hatred, when left unfed, bleed away like air from a punctured tire, over time and days and years. Forgiveness is stealth.

The longer you work in this business [movie], the more you start to be able to see the carpentry. You can see where things are going, and it's harder to surprise you, as a reader

A creative, thoughtful, and accomplished people such as the Jewish people should be known by what they have done and not by what has been done to them.

You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show.

Your decision to walk creates the path ahead

Chile is not a rich country in terms of gas, or oil or coal, but we are extremely rich in terms of the energies of the future.