Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Is it not meningitis?

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

Gentleness towards self and others makes life a little lighter.

Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the crudest words.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

I seek … the means to fight injustice. To turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence

When you please your mother by doing something, it gives you confidence that you can please other people.

Usage is like oxygen for ideas.

Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.

One battle would do more towards a Declaration of Independence than a long chain of conclusive arguments in a provincial convention or the Continental Congress.