I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it. Those who turn sad faces toward the world find only sadness reflected. But a smile is reflected in the same way, and cheers and brightens our hearts. You think there is no pleasure to be had in life. That is because you are heartsick and - and tired, as you say. With one sad story ended you are afraid to begin another - a sequel - feeling it would be equally sad. But why should it be? Isn't the joy or sorrow equally divided in life?

In fact, Mr. Watson, it's a queer world, and the longer I live in it the queerer I find it. Once I thought it would be a good idea to regulate things myself an…

To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem him.

Electricity was a part of the world from its creation, and therefore my Electra is as old as Daylight or Moonlight, and equally beneficent to mortals and fairi…

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events th…

For myself, I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both you…