Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Certain signs precede certain events.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.