I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for what I and they contribute.

Courage comes with action.

You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing...

The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it.

Not only is orderliness an economy; it produces rest.

I trust my instincts.

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

I think the story of the Christian faith is how you can become more deeply and fully human, not how you can become religious. And I don't see any indication that being religious makes you more moral.

The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging.

For nothing was simply one thing.