The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.

The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.

There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests, comfort of the grass, Music of birds, murmur of little rills, Shadows of cloud that swiftly pass, And, after showers, The smell of flowers And of the good brown earth,- And best of all, along the way, friendship and mirth.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

And you will remember that love is not getting, but giving; not a wild dream of pleasure, and a madness of desire — oh no, love is not that — it is goodness, and honour, and peace, and pure living — yes, love is that; and it is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives longest.