A man sometimes wins an argument, but a woman always wins a silence.

There is a time early in life when there seem to be countless reasons for happiness, and then you discover your mom is making them up.

Here is the basic question: Are we marionettes, or are we creatures of free will who just happen to have a lot of jerky reflexes?

An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness.

To accept reality is only to encourage it.

Occasionally ask, "What is the connection between what I want most in life and anything I plan to do today?

What we have earned by the sweat of our brow, we defend with pride. What we have gained by the accident of birth, we guard with prejudice.