Women are the fulfilled sex. Through our children we are able to produce our own immortality, so we lack that divine restlessness which sends men charging off in pursuit of fortune or fame or an imagined Utopia. That is why we number so few geniuses among us. The wholesome oyster wears no pearl, the healthy whale no ambergris, and as long as we can keep on adding to the race, we harbor a sort of health within ourselves. 502
In the long run, the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. 547
To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly. 551
Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt and dance like no one is watching. 499
True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. 705
