Circumstances may accumulate so strongly even against an innocent man, that directed, sharpened, and pointed, they may slay him.

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.

Your blessings are immeasurable. .

Cheer up! You're a worse sinner than you ever dared imagine, and you're more loved than you ever dared hope.

At what point in our lives do we stop blurring? When do we become crisp individuals? What must we do in order to end these fuzzy identities - to clarify just who it is we really are?-Richard

To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.

Unless we close our eyes we are always deceived.

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

My gratitude to them [my first teachers] grows as I myself grow older.

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.

Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work and celebrated the fact that half the week was over.