Every failure can be considered as a tragedy or a chance to learn something. The latter is healthier

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .

Prayer opens our lives for God so his will can be done in and through us, because in true prayer we habitually put ourselves into the attitude of willingness to do whatever God wills.

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

Arrogance is blind to the stumbling block.

We only win at war because we fight another government. If we fought private industry we would not last until noontime.

Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

It's never too late - not now, not ever - for you to pursue your passion.

Never take ecstasy, beer, baccardi, weed, pepto bismol, vivarin, tums, tagamet hb, xanax, and valium in the same day. It makes it difficult to sleep at night.

My epiglottis is full of bees!

It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to them.

None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.

It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.'