Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow.

We have to serve ourself many years before we gain our own confidence.

Almost any event will put on a new face when received with cheerful acceptance.

Acceptance makes any event put on a new face.

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.

A stiff attitude is one of the phenomena of rigor mortis.

An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were.

Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it in place of dust.

If a man hears much that a woman says she is not beautiful.

Disappointments should be cremated not embalmed.

Open your mind to a new pattern of thinking and your life will drastically change for the better.

Don’t you dare come into my world and tell me what color the ocean is! It’s black. Black as midnight. Black and awful!

One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world.

Babies are never suicidal. Hard lives, not hard boiled eggs do that.

We see how capitalism is destroying Mother Earth. I remain convinced that the Earth can exist without man but man cannot live without the Earth.

The greater the wealth the thicker will be the dirt.

Power is not just for TV sets and charging mobile phones. This electricity is critical to the industrial development of this area. If there is electricity, small scale industry will grow.

Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can't stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a while during the 1990s but I'm actually a natural blonde.

There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.

Revenge is simply justice with teeth.