The fact that beauty is at one and the same time without cost and above price, robs it of the curse of possessiveness.

we sometimes forget the influence of action upon thought. ... Smile, whistle, sing, play the part you want to be until you become the part you play.

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I cannot conceive of an intelligent First Cause creating human beings through long process of evolution in this world only to destroy them.

When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered.

any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure.

The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward spiritual mastery.

Some folks goes right under when trouble comes, but I carry mine fur an' easy.