If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.