There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

People do not like to think. if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. conclusions are not always pleasant.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. the fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. the fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.