As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. love
Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same. love
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it. happiness
My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious. work
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. love
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. alone & friendship
True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. happiness
The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next. age
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. best & inspirational
Science may have found a cure for most evils but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings. science
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. business & life
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. patience
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. nature
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. happiness, New Year's Day & success
Life is either a great adventure or nothing. great & life
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! war
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. happiness
What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self. teacher
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. faith & strength
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. nature
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. life
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. great
The highest result of education is tolerance. education
It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears. God & religion
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. friendship, good & life
No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. happiness
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. faith, hope & motivational
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. best & life
Knowledge is love and light and vision. intelligence, knowledge & love
Alone we can do so little together we can do so much. alone
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. peace