Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us in joy we face the storm and defy it.

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.