Never ask, "What reason do I have to be happy?" Instead ask, "To what purpose can I attach my happiness?

Be thoughtful of others and you will not be shy, for they are incompatible addictions.

As important as it is to keep picking yourself up and brushing yourself off, it's also important to stop tripping over your own two feet.

There is an ongoing battle between conscience and self-interest in which, at some point, we have to take sides.

To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it.

Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it.

Sometimes love needs a rest from caring, and so bears for an intolerable few hours the guilt of not caring.