Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us.

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

A famously wise old man in a village was once asked how he came by his wisdom. "I got it from my good judgment," he answered. And where did his good judgment come from? "I got it from my bad judgment."

The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.