Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

I mean, I don’t want to pass judgment—I just wish my husband didn’t shoot deer.”“Oh, Mel, don’t worry. I’ve been hunting with your husband—the deer are completely safe.

Real life applications get tricky when we think about them.

All I ever think about day and night is-how can I make a difference in the lives of others, how can I provide an ounce of contentment and happiness?

Meditation is a huge part of my life. And prayer.

Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?

We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.

My work is that of keeping every operation down (in size) so that the farmer and the man farthest down can get hold of it.

My brain is sending poison to my heart.

There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.