The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

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.

A true professional not only follows but loves the processes, policies and principles set by his profession.

Experience is a sacred education.

In the consciousness of eternity, time is not, neither is space. In man's consciousness there appears so much mercy, so much love, that these have been called time and space.

Is a man satisfied, merely because he is perfumed himself, to mingle with a malodorous crowd?

[Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown.

All you can do as an artist is just strive to make the best record you can and ride the rollercoaster as it goes up and down.

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

The Democratic Party structure is keenly aware of who makes our party strong.

There are definitely racial problems in this country [the USA]. Comedy is a way we can figure out how to solve it, and how to solve it without making people really angry.

I should get the Nobel peace prize - screw Bono.