In order to see Christianity, one must forget all the Christians.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.

My family and school life are important to me.

Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers.

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge.

Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.

Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself.

To play for your country is the best thing that can happen.

I'm not a betting woman, but I have $50 on Secretariat with an old director friend of mine.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.