The dog who meets with a good master is the happier of the two.

There is a courage of happiness as well as a courage of sorrow.

Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness.

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.

If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.

How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.

The living are just the dead on holiday

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.

Many a happiness in life, a many a disaster, is due to chance alone; but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.

We don't choose our talents

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

I don't think anybody could have predicted that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile.

It would be necessary that they should be already sages to love wisdom...

Philosophy is really homesickness.

The emigrant's way o'er the western desert is mark'd by Camp-fires long consum'd and bones that bleach in the sunshine.

I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads.

When we talk about God, I think what most of us mean is some greater thing, some higher power that can help us access our own strength or give us strength.

I think that if Hollywood has a problem, it constantly underestimates the intelligence and integrity of fans.

Bereavement is terrible, of course. And when somebody you love dies, it's a time for reflection, a time for memory, a time for regret.