Great Throughts Treasury

"You can’t change the music of your soul."

"Enemies are so stimulating. "

"If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married."

"It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack."

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."

"If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun."

"We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change."

"The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated."

"Never complain. Never explain."

"Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them."

"Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh."

"The time to make up your mind about people is never."

"Without discipline, there’s no life at all."