Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others; it’s about how it feels to you.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

April, dressed in all his trim, hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.