The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and after these the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.

Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

A bibliomaniac is one to whom books are like bottles of whiskey to the inebriate, to whom anything that is between covers has an intoxicating savor.

Happiness comes, I know, from some spring within a man — from some curious adjustment to life.

The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and, after these, the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase.

Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.

Art and life ought to be hurriedly remarried and brought to live together.

[A distressing event] came like a door banging on to a silent room.

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform.

The city of God is filled with glorious things.

I want a president with a record of public service: someone whose life's work shows our children that we don't chase form and fortune for ourselves we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

My cat's fully capable of speaking, but he says he's afraid of me turning it into a Kevin James vehicle.

Million dollar deals in my email, you mad as hell you ain't CC'ed

The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.

Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

Relate to the little instead of relating to the big. The little is indomitable.

You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.

Wishing is not acting. But willing is acting.

You can fill my appetite without me taking up a bite.