Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes read more

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes unpunished.

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a read more

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, read more

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.

It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it read more

It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it.

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.

He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.

This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way of
peace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with read more

This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way of
peace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with
love.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.