It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.

The comfortable and comforting people are those who look upon the bright side of life; gathering its roses and sunshine and making the most that happens seem the best.

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.

The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age.

Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.

Drying a widow's tears is one of the most dangerous occupations known to man.

They’re scared of the other kind of love. The one which lacks hurt, but pains after awhile.

Do not lose yourself in the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. Do not get caught in your anger, worries, or fears. Come back to the present moment, and touch life deeply. This is mindfulness.

Sprinkled in with the beauty and joy of life will be storms. These storms will require you to anchor yourself to your faith until your rainbow arrives.

An ethical atheist is infinitely more valuable than an unethical pious! What matters is whether you are ethical or not

If we take care of the inches we will not have to worry about the miles.

If you think of the history, in the days of Brahms and Beethoven and all these guys, almost every concert was a new music concert. To play something old was really an exception.

Abraham: You did not come into this environment to create through action. Instead, your action is meant to be a way in which you enjoy what you have created through thought.

Stop trying to be someone you're not. Be what you're good at, be you.

The Self cannot leave You. Awareness cannot leave You. Everything else will leave You. But Awareness is what You Are.

The very beautiful rarely love at all; those precious images are placed above the reach of the passions: Time alone is permitted to efface them.