It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
It is not more vacation we need – it is more vocation.
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
I’m so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!
I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me ‘understand’ something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.