Be contented with what you possess in life; be thankful for what does not belong to you, for it is so much less care; but try to obtain what you need, and make the best of every moment of your life.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.

Each human personality is like a piece of music, having an individual tone and a rhythm of its own.

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.

When I open my eyes to the outer world I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.

Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.

Contrary to popular belief: Knowing where you are from will not really tell you where you are going. It will merely tell you why you are where you are.

Love is treating yourself at least as well as you treat others, understanding when someone isn't good for you and knowing when it's time to walk away...

I am not a home breaker and I can never be. I haven't been brought up to create havoc in other people's homes.

If Gucci handbags were still in fashion Greenaway would carry his scripts in them.

The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric.

[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of Confederation] to the bottom, and provide radical cures.

Riches are apt to betray a man into arrogance.

Tell the devil to go to hell... that's where he belongs.

One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.

You may not believe in life, but I don't believe in death. Move on!