The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.

The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

Live truth instead of professing it.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

We work to become, not to acquire.

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

The first pages of memory are like the old family Bible. The first leaves are wholly faded and somewhat soiled with handling. But, when we turn further, and come to the chapters where Adam and Eve were banished from Paradise, then, all begins to grow clear and legible.

I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time.

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.

The spring of love becomes hidden and soon filled up.

Of these years nought remains in memory but the sad feeling that we have advanced and only grown older.

Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More and no Less; but that he who loves can only love with the whole heart, and with the whole soul; with all his strength and with all his will.

While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river; only the landscape on either bank seems to change.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.

Grumbling is the death of love.

When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.

I never enjoyed working in a film.

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.