Go ahead with your life, your plans.... Don't waste time by stopping before the interruptions have started.

Literally, no man ever sees himself as others see him. No photograph or reflection ever gives us the same slant on ourselves that others see. It has often been proved on the witness stand that no two people ever see the same accident precisely the same way. We see through different eyes and from different angles. But if we could see things as other people see them, we could come closer to knowing why they do what they do and why they say what they say.

Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself - things could always be worse and they are for someone else!

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.

May I make two citations from the words of a discerning editorial writer, not one of my faith, but one of much faith: "If we neglect the divine . . . and give ourselves over wholly to the human," he said, "we may certainly count upon nothing but the triumph of pessimism. . . . True optimism must rest upon a calm, unshakable faith in eternal life and in the unlimited goodness of him who gives it."

May we never let the things we can't have or don't have or shouldn't have spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have.

He who has ceased to pray has lost a great friendship.