I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.

A man, to carry on a successful business, must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. A man can cultivate this faculty only by an appreciation for the finer things in life.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.

He who has so little knowledge of human natures as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you do or as fast. There is a time when you didn't know what you know today.

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?

As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.

Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than they need.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.

The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

Moral virtue is the child of habit.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

Let’s rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another.

It makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch. . . .It’s sort of what we have instead of God.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

A kind word is like a spring day.

Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

I've learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.

You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.