When things hurt us, we're merely on our way to another spiritual environment.

One of the most interesting things in the world to me is the vast difference between what people say they are going to do, and what they actually do.

The conventions of society are all in the interests of morality. If you're conventional, you'll be good, in a negative sense, of course.

marriage is a great strain upon love.

It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do not immediately concern us.

In every life there is a perfect moment, like a flash of sun. We can shape our days by that, if we will - before by faith, and afterward by memory.

when one has learned to wait patiently, one has learned to live.