“If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.”

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.”

“Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.”

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.”

“To keep from getting too far ahead of myself, I can apply to life what I've learned from running in the woods: The step in front of you is the most important one.”

“Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise - then you will discover the fullness of your life.”

“Love never says: I have done enough!”

“In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”

“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”

“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.”

“The greatest weariness comes from work not done.”

“The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.”

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

“Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.”

“Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.”

“It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.”

“This was a splendid life. Splendid in its obscurity and humility, splendid in its strength and charity, splendid in its achievements.”

“...all true fame...is to be acquired only by noble deeds and high achievements and the establishment of a character founded upon the principles of truth, uprightness, and inflexible integrity.”

“Love your neighbor as yourself.”

“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”

“Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.”

“The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.”

“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.”

“Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.”

“If it is to be, it is up to me.”

“When we serve we experience, when we experience we teach, when we teach we learn, when we learn our lives are permanently changed, and as our lives are changed we are enriched beyond our wildest dreams.”

“Respect for right conduct is felt by everybody.”

“The artist must be an egotist because, like the spider, he draws all his building material from his own breast. But just the same the artist alone among men knows what true humility means. His reach forever exceeds his grasp. He can never be satisfied with his work. He knows when he has done well, but he knows he has never attained his dream. He knows he never can.”

“The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post.”

“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.”

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.”