If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. G.B. Stern "If you count all your assets, you always show a profit."

God give me the wisdom to see the truth however contrary to my established beliefs.

The secret of a happy marriage is simple: Just keep on being as polite to one another as you are to your friends.

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

Life is a sacred love.

But ghosts aren't white and bright. Ghosts are shadows of someone or something gone wrong.

She moves me not, or not removes at least affection's edge in me.

Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.

You have to be funny about it and honest about it. You can't leave yourself out of that mix. You have to be honest enough to say, I'm that messed-up one in the family.

I was one of those lucky people with only one talent. It is harder for people with many talents to decide what to do.

Hard words are for fools and cowards.

Violence is not the only means of persuasion.

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

Lovely. Imprisoned in a nursery school dungeon.