“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. Hugh Dow”

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.”

“However aware we are that a certain fate cannot be avoided, we cannot help blaming the person who gets that monster to its feet...and leads it into the room.”

“By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it.”

“He thought of men like Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon. All it took was a lot of seemingly decent people to put the wrong person in power and then fall under their spell.”

“Above all else: go out with a sense of humor. It is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.”

“There were certain things, learned so young and remembered so deep that they felt like little stones in the center of her mind.”