"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

"The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time."

"I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."

"Truly, it is by the grace of God That the knowledge of Unity arises within."

"The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink."

"If the day and the night are such that you greet them with with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, more elastic, more starry, more immortal--that is your success."

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'"

"You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal."