A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can rest.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

For those who love... time is eternity.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Spirituality is not creating boundaries but creating space for others to come into your life.

Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and they are usually denigrated for their efforts.

Then forget Gabriel. Is there a particular reason you keep biting vampires?" Will touched the dried blood on his wrists, and smiled. "They don't expect it.

He who marries the spirit of the age soon becomes a widower.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

I would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.

The child's toys and the old man's reasons are the fruits of two seasons.

Shoes twisted into incredible lilies.