Booth Tarkington

"Peace begins within the individual soul."

"The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a compelling illusion of it."

"Happiness is largely a matter of accepting what you cannot change and changing what you can."

"A man's real education begins after he leaves school."

"The secret of happiness is not in getting more, but in wanting less."

"Youth is a wonderful thing; what a crime to waste it on children."

"We are dying from civilization and its discontents."

"The mysterious force of habit gradually becomes the master of our will."

"In every human being there is a spark of the divine."

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

"Memory is the most deceptive of all human faculties."

"To be truly free, one must first understand what binds them."

"The greatest wisdom often comes from acknowledging our own ignorance."

"Time passes more slowly for those who truly observe it."

"Art is the effort of man to express, not to expose, his inner life."

"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."

"Success often comes to those who are not looking for it."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that you barely exist."

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend."

"Children are not things to be molded, but people to be unfolded."

"The past cannot be changed, only understood and accepted."

"True courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Literature reveals truth that reality obscures."

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit under."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge and facts."

"The pursuit of money often leads to the loss of self."

"Patience is not the absence of action, but right action at the right time."

"Nature teaches us that beauty and truth are often found in simplicity."

"The greatest tragedy is living without discovering one's true purpose."

"Forgiveness is the final form of love."