Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong.
It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.
Age is no guarantee of maturity.
Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.
Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.
Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.
I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?
Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
For conspiracy, I know not how it tastes, though it be dished For me to try how.
. . . the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.