“The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose and the consequences are nearly always the same.”

“Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.”

“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.”

“Virtue like a dowerless beauty has more admirers than followers.”

“Happiness consists not in having much but in being content with little.”

“Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it except for a brief period the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery but there is an admirable substitu...”

“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.”

“I think the highest forgiveness is to accept that creation is thoroughly tangled, with every possible quality given outlet for expression. People need to accept once and for all that there is only ...”

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”