The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.

The way you perceive your Self is what enables, or disables, you.

You cannot afford to confine your studies to the classroom. The universe and all of history is your classroom.

He felt ready to face the devil, and strutted in the ballroom with the swagger of a cavalier.

It's sad, the lottery. Good projects get funded by it, but there's an air of desperation about it.

2004 has to be my year. No more excuses.

HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.

I have a friend. He keeps trying to convince me he's a compulsive liar, but I don't believe him.

How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?

It's a matter of timing and of patience. Although it may seem nothing is happening on the surface, there may yet be profound changes occurring a little deeper. Waiting isn't bad.

I'm for each and against none.