Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love.

Nowadays it is seen as a shame, to marry a girl who is a mother, who has never been married. I want to get rid of that prejudice.

I don't need to fight and risk myself just to prove that I am more stronger.All I need is to show my smile that surely will irritate them.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

It is easy to work when the soul is at play.

I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad; I found in Him a resting place, and he has made me glad.

The attitudes towards mental health must change

I'm still standing up there tall and strong every night that I perform.

People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another. -Studs Terkel

Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.