Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,