There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.

It is a perversely human perception that animals in their native habitat are running wild.

If we would see others as they see themselves, our shyness would soon become compassion.

Sign over the gates of hell: "Doesn't mean you're a bad person."

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an artist's brush.

You can accept a falling out that changes your plans, but it's hard to accept a betrayal that changes your memories.

I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism.