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.

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

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.

Never bend your head. always hold it high. look the world straight in the eye.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, i shall say that life is good.