The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.
Gratitude is the seedbed of joy.
We do not do good works to get into heaven; we do good works because heaven has gotten to us.
Thanksgiving comes after Christmas.
An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth.
Love is the binding force on every level of existence.