Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords, as any polysyllable in the language.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

Literature is the best way to overcome death.

Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.

Wherever there's injustice, oppression, and suffering, America will show up six months late and bomb the country next to where it's happening.

Usually, when you can't overcome the obstacles in your path, it's not your path.

I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great. I think that is a good thing and that people need to stand up, voice their opinions, and be heard.

I think computer viruses should count as life.

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.

Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business.

It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.