"In a man they forgive anything. In a woman nothing."

“Whoever claims to understand another person completely, is either entirely ignorant of himself, or else has a nature so small that he can measure it easily, and supposes it to be the standard of every other nature.”

Source : Lucy Larcom (1892). “The Unseen Friend”

“where is here, when is now??”

“Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue.”

Source : James Hilton (1988). “Lost Horizon”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

“Where two or three are met together, the prayer of one strikes fire from the soul of another; and the latter in his turn leads the way to nobler heights of devotion. And lo! as their joy increases, there is One in their midst whom they all recognize and cling to. He was there before, but it is only when their hearts begin to burn that they recognize Him; and in a true sense they may be said to bring Him there.”

“As things are now going the peace we make, what peace we seem to be making, will be a peace of oil, a peace of gold, a peace of shipping, a peace in brief.without moral purpose or human interest.”

“Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but cannot at the same time demand us to increase our dues.”

“To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.”

“The baby's life is never willfully destroyed because the mother's life is in danger.”