It'll be with me like it was with Uncle Ned's ole ox, I reckon; he kep' a-goin' an' a-goin' till he died a-standin' up, an' even then they had to push him over.

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

It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought.

Some people act as if there were a penalty for carrying concealed troubles. They exhibit them at every opportunity, begging for sympathy, even condescending to accept pity. Such persons never realize that the very ones to whom they are complaining are often struggling under a burden greater than their own.

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

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.

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