“Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy”

“The other day I chanced to meet An angry man upon the street A man of wrath, a man of war, A man who truculently bore Over his shoulder, like a lance, A banner labeled Tolerance.”

“God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul.”

“A mother's hardest to forgive.Life is the fruit she longs to hand youRipe on a plate. And while you live,Relentlessly she understands you.”

“Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!”

“Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.”

“Knowing the self is the biggest truth. If we find the truth within, we have found God.”

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”

“What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.”

“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”

“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”

“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”