Think of the ills from which you are exempt.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

Love your children while they are young. Because they grow up soon enough, and then… then the have no need of you.

Defeated? Learn from it. Move forward. You're stronger now. Reach out for help. No shame, only learning. Seek out those you can learn from.

More than one skillful physician has said that if one asks the right questions, the patient will make the diagnosis for you in his or her own words.

A multitude of small delights constitute happiness

I got to watch some of Hillary Clinton's debates against Barack Obama. She treated him with terrible disrespect.

I work to drive the awe away, yet awe impels the work.

We love our dear ones deeply and miss them when they leave us. But we know that the bond of love is greater than death.

Righteous willin, the only thing supreme swimmin'.

To be second with one game to go - you can't ask for more.

Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'