A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences.
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
The control center of your life is your attitude.
Laughter is inner jogging.
The heart of the matter is that some people like to cause injury or death to living things. And many of those who do not are indifferent to those who do.
Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions.
The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.
In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.
The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.
You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.
Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great expectations.
Laughter serves as a blocking agent. Like a bullet-proof vest, it may help protect you against the ravages of negative emotions that can assault you in disease.
If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.
Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.
My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.
History is a vast early warning system.
Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.
The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient’s hopes are the physician’s secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription.