If we all tried to make other people's paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.

The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.

I experienced the discomfort of those who have moved mentally, but are still clamped, physically, to the places they have moved from.

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

The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.

[On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those inside were making violent efforts to get out.

The only way to win happiness is to give it. The more we give, the more we have.