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.

Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end.

There is an invariable law that the only way to keep the real things of life is by sharing them or giving them away.

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

Just as a pool of water cannot reflect the sky overhead when it is restless and disturbed, so we can never get a perfect vision of the Divine, and show it to others when we are disturbed with human thoughts and personal problems. It is only when we are quite still and receptive that God can think His thoughts into us and use us for His purposes.

happiness is a duty, not only because of its effect upon us but because of its influence upon others.