Mark Twain

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one’s clothes.

We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

Laws control the lesser man… Right conduct controls the greater one.

You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?

You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about! You’re crazy!

Seeing things that are bothering you written down takes away their power. It gives you a perspective. Helps you contain them.

Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins.

Positive anything is better than negative thinking.

Creativity is a renewable resource. Be as creative as you like, as often as you like, because you can never run out!

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

I don’t know anybody so old he can’t do something useful. Just give them a chance and see.

The Smiths dream into my ear on this lost and lonely morning. I sing along like it is the only prayer I know (forgive me, Mother Mary).

He who is not busy being born is busy dying.

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

We lift ourselves by our thoughts. We climb upon our vision of ourselves.

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood. But everyone has something to give.

Whatever it is, people who have more spare time than people ever had before get the sense of whirlwind pressure,and repeat the common criticism that ‘we are going too fast.’ Yet the people live longer than ever before, live with less effort, live on a higher plane. Is it possible that this common saying about our rapid pace is just another thoughtless mob suggestion?

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.