A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

I feel so blessed to be alive and so blessed to have to have a father that loves me no matter how much wrong I do in this world.

True leaders are like statues, whether it rains or it shines, they never bend their necks to look backwards! They never run away from challenges!

I’ve always wondered though, ” Orn mused aloud, “what does God need with a starship?”“Are you going to make that stupid quip every time we pass a missionary ship?”“Until they learn a new position.

Unlike most fine writers, he wasn't in love with his own words.

It's not personal, it's strictly business

I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.

Golf tips are like aspirin. One may do you good, but if you swallow the whole bottle you will be lucky to survive.

There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love.

[D]ebt increases that didn't arise either from war or from extraordinary financial crisis are entirely associated with hard-line conservative governments.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.