Issue 178
- Give to every other human being every right that
you claim for yourself--that is my doctrine.
- Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.
- Life is God's gift to you,
What you do with it is your gift to Him.
- The secret of health for both mind and body is
not to mourn for the past,
not to worry about the future,
or not to anticipate troubles,
but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
- If everyone were clothed with integrity,
if every heart were just, frank, kindly,
the other virtues would be well-nigh useless,
since their chief purpose is to make us bear
with patience the injustice of our fellows. -
- I want to stay as close to the edge as I can
without going over. Out on the edge you can see
all kinds of things you can't see from the centre.
- What a luxury it is to spend time with old friends ...
talking, as old friends should talk, about nothing, about everything.
- The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability
to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time,
and still retain the ability to function.
- Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones
which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
- All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.