“Discovering more joy does not save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily too.”

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

“There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.”

“You do not choose your family they are given to you but you can choose your friends”

“Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.”

“Unquiet meals make ill digestions; therefore the happiness of a man's life is to be measured not by the great feasts, but by the frequency of his simple, pleasant repasts.”