Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

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.

Do not ignore your best friend because some other friend hurt you.

Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially--romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.

Understanding what I give up and knowing that I choose freely makes my choice more precious to me.

Statements make sense for somebody who needs advice. I’m not giving advice. I don’t instruct. At my best, I delight. That’s my job.

The luck of having talent is not enough one must also have a talent for luck.

Liberty is worth paying for.

Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens.

Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness.

University degrees are a bit like adultery: You may not want to get involved with that sort of thing, but you don't want to be thought incapable.

The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets.