He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

“We never know how high we are till we are called to rise. Then if we are true to form our statures touch the skies.” 

“I would have drowned twice to save you sinking, dear.” 

“Earth is crammed with Heaven.” 

“Forgive me if I never visit. I am from the fields, you know, and while quite at home with the dandelions, make a sorry figure in a drawing room.” 

“When Jesus tells us about his Father, we distrust him. When he shows us his Home, we turn away, but when he confides to us that he is 'acquainted with Grief', we listen, for that also is an Acquaintance of our own.” 

“I work to drive the awe away, yet awe impels the work.” 

“To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.” 

“If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” 

“Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies” 

“I like a look of agony, because I know it's true” 

“I'm a Nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? There's a pair of us- don't tell!” 

“We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.” 

“Existence has overpowered Books. Today I slew a Mushroom.” 

“The only secret people keep is immortality.” 

“I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness.” 

“Fortune befriends the bold.” 

“You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer, because the winds would find it out and tell your cedar floor.” 

“Much Madness is Divinest Sense, to a Discerning Eye....”