Bad habits are demons that often push us into isolation because they know that in our loneliness they stand little chance of being overcome.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

They spent pork-barrel money like a tidal-wave sea, but no funds trickled down far enough to reach me. Our books numbered few and were falling apart, and I sat mending pages with a crestfallen heart.

The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.

I have always kept a stack of library books next to my bed as a lifeline. If I ever woke in the middle of the night too scared to move or too sad to roll over, the books were my saviors.

Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.

In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of pride and, I do believe, an object of affection and-yes, love.

It's hard to face tomorrow, but it's easier than facing no tomorrow.

Owes unions who endorsed him; that's why he's in politics.

With spiritual growth comes new creative potential, leading to the realization that you are pure potential, able to fill any creative impulse.

That was a real fireball.

Someday you will name me, then gently place those burning holy roses in my hair.