People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

The Creator gave man two ears and one mouth;there is a reason why He did so.

Cross-country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

All cats are gray in the dark.

A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions.

The absence of love is the most abject pain.