He knew enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it better than the faithful service of the heart.

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.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

You ought to forgive others. Sometimes, the dark deed of others is due to inner struggles and fears. With your shining light and kind deeds, you will help them to turn to the light.

It all began with one small shy smile.

For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.

I'm one of the school of people who don't do research of the reality of the thing or the unreality of the thing. In all the movies I've done, I've never done any research.

Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind.

We must eat to live, and not live to eat.

Switzerland has no competition. It sits in the middle of Europe, it has the highest technological development, it's legally safe and the political circumstances are never going to change.

Inspiration has to be natural for me, not so considered, I am not saying that is right or wrong, it's simply what works for me.

Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.