A first book often has enough material in it for half a dozen.

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.

As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well.

We do not judge great art. It judges us.

... passion, once unleashed, has a way of unleashing other passions -- a principle adhered to as firmly by the police force of any large modern city as by the Greek tragedians.

It was strange how you could never form any conclusion from what women said. It was not that they did not know what they were talking about, but you never drew the right conclusions.

Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.

You're never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready.

They had a saying: An Arab loves in the order of: his son, his camel, and his wife - but there were times when one was allowed to take precedence over the other!

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

God is running the universe. We ought not think like scientists, but think like psalmists.

I think you manifest what you believe, and when you believe that you have no choice you lose choice.

I'm always inspired by people who raise the bar, whether in their field of work, parenthood, or giving back.

Walking back and forth also helps by creating the illusion that you are thinking of the routines on the spot, giving your performance a more spontaneous feeling.

Let someone else take your place in line, Let someone else be first. Let someone else achieve realization before you.

The rider and the team need to understand one another and work in the same direction. Then the rider's happy, and only then will the rider be able to give 100%.