One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

It takes compassion to truly understand another person.

I was the adoring son of a Welsh-Irish father, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, a Catholic Knight of Columbus who was a blue-collar, trade union organizer and, not surprisingly, a fervid Nixon-hater.

Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do.

There's only one thing more frightening than being asked to do a book tour, and that's not being asked to do a book tour.

Everybody needs adventure, and everybody needs something to enlarge his or her lives.

There is nothing that Nature seems to have inclined us to as much as society.

Love always requires tangible expression. It needs hands and feet.

I firmly believe people have the power to make decisions locally and cooperatively. Anarchism is how that is put into practice.

Not by talking, but by praying And becoming something good, Can we offer peace to the world.

To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.