The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities.

I learned that it is possible for us to create light, sound and order within us no matter what calamity befall us in the outer world.

Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision.

True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart

What induces a child to learn but his delight in knowing?

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

To keep our faces toward chance and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend.

A smile goes a long way, but you must first start it on its journey.

The attempt to suppress an idea has always and everywhere proved a failure.

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

Few pleasures there are indeed without an aftertouch of pain, but that is the preservation which keeps them sweet.

People often ... have no idea how fair the flower is to the touch, nor do they appreciate its fragrance, which is the soul of the flower.

A simple, childlike faith in a Divine Friend solves all the problems that come to us by land or sea

We must not creep along when our souls cry out for us to soar!

...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

Touch each object as if tomorrow you would never be able to feel anything again.

Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you...