Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

Author: Thomas Carlyle

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In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle, wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more to whosoever will think of it.

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.

Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.