“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
"The quieting of my powers only serves to simplify my life and makes me find meaning in more essential and less distracting ways. With the passing years I am less inclined to ask a new experience, or travel to bring me peace. I know that I must become the person who is in possession of himself, the person who can be a friend, who can learn the joy and fulfillment that comes from love."
"Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne."
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
"Most men spend their lives in futile rebellion against things they cannot change, passive resignation to things they can, and, never attempting to learn the difference - in chronic guilt and self-doubt on both counts."
"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire; we fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning today is young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
