“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air.”

“It is not against reason, said the Englishman, to prefer the destruction of the world to a scratch on your finger how much easier to understand the same price for the gash in your soul.”

“Self-pity, while it should be accorded due respect, is the greatest of all acids to the human soul.”

“Do you have any idea how mad you sound?Indeed I do. I have in moments of doubt considered the question of my sanity. (...)And?Then I consider what a piece of work is man. How defective in reason, h...”

“The heart of a man is a small thing but it desires great matters. It is not big enough for a dogs dinner but the whole world is not big enough for it. Man spares nothing that lives; he kills to fee...”

“Feeling sorry for yourself is a universal solvent of salvation.”

“One in AllAll in One--If only this is realized,No more worry about your not being perfect (175)”

“To live in peace is to follow peace with all men”

“If you believe all those who are urging you to give up are wrong, prove them wrong!”

“One time, when I was little more than a baby, I was taken to visit my grandmother, who was living in a cottage on a nearly uninhabited stretch of beach in northern Florida. All I remember of this v...”

“A baby is a beautiful, blooming, flower that can smile, sing, and dance.”

“A baby is a symbol of peace, a plot of dreams, a light of hope, and a bundle of joy.”