The hardest grief is often that which leaves no trace.

No teaching that is not based on reason can be tolerated by critical minds, but the belief that an accident of blind force produces this highly organized world is far more fantastic than the theory that a Super Intelligence devised its ordered evolution.

Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire its continuance we should never start a friendship any more than we would a love affair.

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life.

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

The arbitrary division of one's life into weeks and days and hours seemed, on the whole, useless. There was but one day for the men, and that was pay day, and one for the women, and that was rent day. As for the children, every day was theirs, just as it should be in every corner of the world.

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.