There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone to succeed

Do not, under any circumstances, put this book down and turn on the teevee.The teevee debilitates our culture.

Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.

When the truth is too hard to handle we choose to believe the lies a hopeful heart is easier than a broken one

It is not really hard to do nothing. Many can. The hard part is doing nothing without feeling guilty about it.

A good friend loves you when the condition is better, a best friend holds your hand when you're in gutter.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking Albert Einstein

The first to apologize is the bravest The first to forgive is the strongest The first to forget is the happiest

We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our worst enemies

A bone to the dog is not charity Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle

Information is not knowledge knowledge is not wisdom wisdom is not truth truth is not beauty beauty is not love

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us

It is just like man s vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions