A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have.
Never ask, "What reason do I have to be happy?" Instead ask, "To what purpose can I attach my happiness?
When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.
Some have been to the mountain. I have been to my knees by the side of my bed.
The shy and the extroverted have this in common — that they both fancy they are the center of attention.
If I choose abstraction over reality, it is because I consider it the lesser chaos.