"To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive."

"To master the mind is to understand that the true master is an eternal student."

"It is a quiet truth that a life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 88 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 46."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"It is a subtle truth that we do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments."

"It is not funny that anything else should fall down only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified."

"The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct."