"If you believe in God, don't try to understand Him; pray that He understands you. If you don't believe in God, try to understand Nature."
 

"More than talent and skill, the healing power of a medicine man is his compassion."
 

"If you can take in stride the vagaries of nature and laugh at the foibles of mankind, you are completely at peace with yourself and the world."
 

"Never underestimate your enemy even if that enemy is an imagined one; neither must you over-estimate your friend even if the only friend you have is yourself."
 

 "A country can be free and yet its people slaves, but a free people cannot have a country which is not free."
 

"True happiness is an inner state of being. You've got to have it, whether people see it or not. Appearing to be happy does not make you happy. You're just making impressions but you're lying to yourself."
 
 

"There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness. One pursues momentary enjoyments, not happiness because happiness is right within you."
 

Here is something I learned during my high school days in the early 1930's:
"A smile costs nothing but creates much; it happens in a flash but the memory lasts forever. It is something that cannot be begged, borrowed or stolen, but it is something that can be freely given. So, if in your rush and hurry, you meet someone who is too weary to give a smile, then leave him with one of yours, for no one needs a smile quite as much as he who has none left to give."           - Wilbert Nesbitt ; as quoted by AGP
 

"The man who uses his brains always controls the man who uses only his hands."
 

"Love is the absence of hate and the continued presence of affection, compassion and understanding."
 

"Love is a gift and the giver may not be known, but it is something that cannot be returned."
 

"It is impossible to love everybody, but we do not have to hate anyone."
 

"We cannot avoid moments of sadness. But that's no reason to despair. Logic dictates that there must be a joyful reason for every sad event. Look for that reason."
 

 "I yield to no one the independence of my spirit nor the freedom of my conscience - I prize most my peace of mind."
 

I wrote this long ago:
"If you must have religion, don't leave it behind, inside the churches and at the altars of your homes; take it with you wherever you go. Don't just utter or mumble your prayers; live by them. Don't be religious for other people; be religious for yourself. Others may mistake you as irreligious but that does not make you one - maybe they are. Religious appearances are most often fanciful than factual."
 

 "Still there are imponderables against which wisdom cannot cope and  must fail."
 

"The wiser a man becomes, the less he gets involved."