As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.

We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.

To get Congress to do anything.

One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.

My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.