“Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.”

In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of, We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.

We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

We like to be deceived.

Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.

Imagination decides everything.

The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn’t than live as if he doesn’t exist to find out He does.

Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.

Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.

All our dignity lies in our thoughts.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.

As a mother you are only as happy as your saddest child

Happiness and self-confidence come naturally when you feel yourself moving and progressing toward becoming the very best person you can possibly be.

If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?

I don’t let anyone’s insecurities, emotions, or opinions bother me. I know that if I am happy, that’s all that matters to me.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.