If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
Humility with energy is often mistaken for pride.
As the interest of man, so his God; as his God, so he.
Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.
You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.
Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.
And still, laughter is akin to weeping.
Life is given to each human being For a very special purpose. This secret each human being Must discover for himself.
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.
Another turn in my life happened when I took on the Canada Council.
Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.