One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

There is no such thing as darkness only a failure to see.

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it.