My priority is my son and my husband, and I have a lot of spinning plates, so I try to make sure they're not one of them.
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.
To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. And if you no longer need them, then that is neither wasteful nor shameful. Can you truthfully say that you treasure something buried so deeply in a cupboard or drawer that you have forgotten its existence?
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.
It's always a pleasure when you get to work with people that you actually really like.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
Before the beginning of yearsThere came to the making of manTime, with a gift of tears;Grief, with a glass that ran;Pleasure, with pain for leaven;Summer, with flowers that fell;Remembrance, fallen from heaven,And madness risen from hell;Strength without hands to smite;Love that endures for a breath;Night, the shadow of light,And Life, the shadow of death.
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind that only pleases the sight but does not captivate the affections.
Pleasure is the bait of sin.
The one sure way of participating in the process of nation-building is to vote on the election day.
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.
Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels.
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.
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