Occupation: Author Birth: 1907 Death: 1948
Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience..
The melody that the loved one played upon the piano of your life will never be played quite that way again, but we must not close the keyboard and al….
The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that t….
We are the carriers of health and disease - either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of hate and anxiety.
Death is not the enemy of life, but its friend, for it is the knowledge that our years are limited which makes them so precious. It is the truth that….
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension..
Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness ….
The moment comes when the great nurse, death, takes a human, the child, by the hand and quietly says, "It is time to go home. Night is coming. It is ….
In this vast universe There is but one supreme truth- That God is our friend! By that truth meaning is given To the remote stars, the numberless cent….
Let us learn to accept ourselves-accept the truth that we are capable in some directions and limited in others, that genius is rare, that mediocrity ….
"And they lived happily ever after" is one of the most tragic sentences in literature. It's tragic because it's falsehood. It is a myth that has led ….
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension; when he does not torment himself with childish guilt feelings, but avoids tragic ….
Excessive competitiveness, anxiety, hostility, suspiciousness, all originate in the nursery years. That is why, if we want a world of peace and not v….
A love of neighbor manifests itself in the tolerance not only of opinions of others but, what is more important, of the essence and uniqueness of oth….
After a quarter of a century of personal experience and professional observation, I have come to understand that peace of mind is the true goal of th….
Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them..
Nature does not demand that we be perfect. It requires only that we grow..
There is too much undissolved wrath and punishment in most religions..
The quest for this unwearied peace is constant and universal. Probe deeply into the teaching of Buddha, Maimonides, or a Kempis, and you will discove….
God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love..
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values..