the bible gives me a deep comforting sense that (things seen are temporal,and things unseen are eternal.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

True happiness ... is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched-they must be felt with the heart.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it we can never do anything wise in this world.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.

As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.