There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.