Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
