Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Example is leadership.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is color-blind.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.