“It do seem to me that the life of man is merely a pattern scrawled on Time, with little thought, little care, and no sense of design. Why is it, I wonder, that people suffer, when there is so little need, when an effort of will and some hard work would bring them from their misery into peace and contentment.”

“Why is it, I wonder, that people suffer, when there is so little need, when an effort of will and some hard work would bring them from their misery into peace and contentment.”

“When we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life.”

“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success? ”

“Give me a little peace.A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought.”

“The twinkling of an eye. That is the most wonderful expression. I've thought from time to time it was the best thing in life, that little incandescence you see in people when the charm of a thing strikes them, or the humor of it. 'The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart.' That's a fact.”