Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.

All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true.

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself.

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life.

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.

Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when it grows from doubt.

When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered.

Mrs. Wiggs was a philosopher, and the sum and substance of her philosophy lay in keeping the dust off her rose-colored spectacles.

Every interaction is an opportunity to learn, Only if we are interested in improving rather than proving.

Hate is infectious, but so is love, the difference between the two is one takes effort and the other one doesn’t.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.

I get sent a lot of scripts where you're just the mom.

Well-spent aid money is saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life saved.

I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban.

When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame.

Our government is a bird with two right wings... They're devoted to the perpetuation & spread of corporate capitalism.

The feeling that 'no one is listening to me' make us want to spend time with machines that seem to care about us.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.