The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The effort you direct at finding and developing the person you are is the key to life

Too many people in this world think small is the best they can do. Not you, Libby Strout. You weren't born for small! You don't know how to do small! Small is not in you!

At times it is so enjoyable to mire your neighbor into the filth you already got stuck in long ago!

We judge others according to our image ofperfection as well, and naturally they fall short of our expectations.

Whereas previous generations had to face some unpredictability, current generations are facing unprecedented levels of instability.

There is trust in there being a Spirit who loves me and wants me to have love in my life. I trust in this higher power, it is what keeps me moving forward no matter what happens.

Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors.

It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.

The world is me and I am the world.

Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers of concentration . They're relatively immune to the lures of wealth and fame.