Charles Dickens

[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can’t pay, gets another person who can’t pay, to guarantee that he can pay.

There is a wisdom of the head, and there is a wisdom of the heart.

Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.

Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.

Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but torment to themselves.

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was.

Your path will unfold as you walk it, step by step, each one a choice. Be mindful of where you put your feet; sometimes you will step on something sharp. This is a lesson; pay attention. Sometimes you will walk on soft green grass and you will stop and stay awhile. Enjoy those moments. Keep your eyes and heart on your destination and discover your way, one step at a time.

Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and good. Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.

The rich mind lies in the sun and sleeps, and is Nature.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.