Maturity begins on the day we accept responsibility for our own actions.

It is possible for two people who have wide differences of preference and opinion, of habits, of teaching, of training, of background and belief to enjoy the company of each other in many ways. Indeed, a diversity of friendships is one of life's real enrichments. To learn of the goodness of those who are unlike-their worth, their sincerity, their good hearts, their good minds, their good company-is rich and rewarding. It is wonderful to have a wide range of choice friends who can be counted on, friends who can be enjoyed and loved and trusted. Such is the meaning of friendship.

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."

One of our urgent opportunities is to respond to a child when he earnestly asks, remembering that they don't always ask.

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

Happiness mainly depends on man's ability to work and the way in which he does it.

We can run away from where we are, but not from what we are.