A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.

To believe that if only we had this or that we would be happy, or to pursue any excessive desire, diverts us from seeing that happiness depends on an adequate self.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.

Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.

We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.