"A man is a form of life that dreams in order to act and acts in order to dream."

“Don't be concerned with what you can't do. Work on what you can do - then count your blessings.”

“Why is it that the people with whom one loves to be silent are also the very ones with whom one loves to talk?”

Source : Kate Douglas Wiggin (2016). “PENELOPE’S PROGRESS – The Complete Series: Penelope's English Experiences, Penelope's Experiences in Scotland, Penelope's Irish Experiences & Penelope's Postscripts: Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton”, p.57, e-artnow

“Hitler's strength as a leader is that he almost always works through the power of his persuasion; rarely does he command.”

“apathy is about as near to the undertaker as you can get.”

Source : Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”

“When she is happy, she can't stop talking, when she is sad she doesn't say a word.”

“What will happen to the spirit of this ancient dreaming land without the great mobs of kangaroos bounding across the song lines, energizing the land? Will the sunset and dawn mourn the passing of the creatures who danced in their light?”

“Don't adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.”

“Fabricating answers to unanswerable questions is the domain of religion. A deity model is not the default alternative to a scientific mystery.”