“Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection”

“Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.”

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”

“He who has learned how to laugh at himself shall never cease to be entertained.”

“To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people, and not love things and use people.”

“Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world... We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away.”

“Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.”