Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
What children take from us, they give?We become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, hurt more deeply, and love more deeply.
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.