But, tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumble's soul; his heart was waterproof.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Promise mw, you will never leave me.

After writing a page, Hemingway would let it float to the ground. He never crumpled pages - he believed that if you crumpled them, you'd be insane in a year.

I still consider myself a consumer of music more than anything else.

I think I'm getting wealthy in ways that don't count at the bank.

I love artists. I love watching other people work.

I have never lost my temper. I let out my venom in my writing if I have to, but person-to-person, I have never lost my temper, never used abusive language.

A film has to be like a stone in the shoe.

To suffer one's confusion is the first step in healing.

Progress! Progress through everybody dying and their kids eventually not caring who their parents hated!

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.