"Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life."

"The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect."

"There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may."

"All human beings are commingled out of good and evil."

"It is a unyielding truth that every scar carries the quiet memory of a battle faced and survived."

"Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions."

"The seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Even peace may be purchased at too high a price."