“True love is the only heart disease that is best left to “run on” – the only affection of the heart for which there is no help, and none desired.” – Mark Twain, Notebook

“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” – May Sarton

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.” – Pearl S. Buck

“We often look so long and so regretfully at the closed door that we do not notice the one which has opened for us.” – Helen Keller

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.” – Mother Mary Jones

“To love what you do and feel that it matters – how could anything be more fun?” – Katharine Graham

“The greatest formal talent is worthless if it does not serve a creativity which is capable of shaping a cosmos.” – Albert Einstein

“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Carlos Castaneda

“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other as if everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

“What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul’s emphasis is always right.”