time spent in being interrupted is not time lost. ... How do we know but that the interruption we snarl at is the most blessed thing that has come to us in long days?

Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value.

Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not "how much time do we have?" The question is "what shall we do with it?"

It is not our failures that distress us so much as our idiocies.

time spent in being interrupted is not time lost. ... How do we know but that the interruption we snarl at is the most blessed thing that has come to us in long days?

Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

Life is large. We cannot possibly grasp the whole of it in the few years that we have to live. What is vital? What is essential? What may we profitably let go?