What man is there that does not laboriously, though all unconsciously, himself fashion the sorrow that is to be the pivot of his life.

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.

If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.

I sound like a damn commercial, but half the crap in this house is from Wal-mart. The big deal about Wal-mart is that its open 24 hours.

The leader is the person who brings a little magic to the moment.

Innovations never happen as planned.

They (american press) always blame America first!

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

We need French chaplains and imams, French-speaking, who learn French, who love France. And who adhere to its values. And also French financing.

The psychiatrist must become a fellow traveler with his patient.

Seeking happiness apart from a right relationship God is like trying to turn on a light that's unplugged.