Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Disagreement is something normal.

The more you know the less you need to say.

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

Familiarity breeds contempt – and children.

Tell your wife often how terrific she looks.

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

I can unload my opinion on anybody at anytime.

I could never identify with that word, ‚weak.‘

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me ‚understand‘ something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison.

Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you’re not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!

I think it’s brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I’ve ever seen is called television – but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

I remember the first time I heard a teenager say ‚LOL.‘ Just what? But it means ‚laugh.‘ Why don’t you just laugh? What are you doing?

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend – and he’s a priest.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

No one can live without relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi, wander off into the desert by yourself, but you are related. You cannot escape from that absolute fact. You cannot exist in isolation.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I’m not leading them to some false God or something like that.

I have already demonstrated, by crucial tests, the practicability of signaling by my system from one to any other point of the globe, no matter how remote, and I shall soon convert the disbelievers.

I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.

It’s hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don’t always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

Encouragement to all women is – let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let’s see if we can’t prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

My wife and I love each other very much.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

The kindness that’s been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it’s really saved my life.

It’s funny because I’ve made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

I exaggerate when I’m angry, but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

If I’d married someone in show business, there’d be too much competition.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

My dad was never married. He was kind of a rolling stone. But he was never disrespectful. At the same time, even though he had women in his life when I was a kid, there wasn’t any consistency.