A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

If you haven't time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

A valuable friend is one who'll tell you what you should be told, even if it offends you.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.

People strive to be ahead of time just to get a chance to trip it.

God requires from you the fulfillment of your calling

True forgiveness and love arise naturally, effortlessly, from the silence of the heart broken all the way open.

It is nought good a sleping hound to wake.

I feel sorry for confetti. Its useful life lasts about two seconds. And it can never be used again.

In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.

It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.

I don't want to hurt you, Mistress Weatherwax," said Mrs Gogol. "That's good," said Granny. "I don't want you to hurt me either.

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.