I was in love with a whirlwind, so when the girl threw me over, I went home and finished my novel.
The world is to be carried forward by truth, which at first offends, which wins its way by degrees, which the many hate and would rejoice to crush.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony.
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
Health is the working man's fortune, and he ought to watch over it more than the capitalist over his largest investments. Health lightens the efforts of body and mind. It enables a man to crowd much work into a narrow compass. Without it, little can be earned, and that little by slow, exhausting toil.
Events in the present can trigger quite a young part of ourselves. If we don't take responsibility and start looking after that young part of ourselves, we can start asking partners to look after that part of ourselves or we wound ourselves.
A flag doesn't cause someone to sit in a prayer meeting for an hour, and then stand up and shoot people.
The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.