Selected quotation

"A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships."

~ Helen Keller, "The Simplest Way to be Happy"



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

Best Quotations for All Occasions

Offerings: Buddhist Wisdom for Every Day (Offerings for Humanity)

Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes

The Yale Book of Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition)

101 French Proverbs

365 Inspirational Quotes (365 Days Perpetual Calendars)

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

Ancient Wisdom: The Book of Proverbs With Devotions for Today

A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim

America's Popular Sayings: Over 1600 Expressions on Topics from Beauty to Money and Everything In Between

Apronisms: Pocket Wisdom for Every Day