Life is bigger than processes and overflows and dwarfs them.

It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling.

I honestly believe that this is one of the greatest secrets to true peace of mind -- a decent sense of values. We could annihilate 50 percent of all our worries at once if we would develop a sort of private gold standard -- a gold standard of what things are worth to us in terms of our lives.

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.

You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.

An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened."