An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one

I am happiest when I clear my mind and allow the world around me to reteach me what I thought I already knew.

A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.

I love watching him think," Maeve told Lily. "You can almost hear that poor little hamster running and running on its wheel.

So many young people feel powerless. We live in a world where it feels like it's so big and yet so small, and that your contribution really doesn't matter.

It is not among the palm trees that I wish to die, but among the poor who are Jesus Christ.

I use quite a bit in my kitchen, but the one thing that's an absolute must would have to be my high-speed blender.

Nobody rises above mediocrity unless they use the brains of other people.

There are more and more taboos about calling something, anything, ugly.

The other day, I got a henna tattoo that says "Forever."