As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

And the pomegranates, /like memories, are bittersweet/as we huddle together, /remembering just how good/life used to be

He would wake up knowing that as long as he was capable of having such beautiful dreams, a part of him must still be good.

It is always wise as it is also fair to test a man by the standards of his own day and not by those of another.

The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.

In magic, today as always, the effect is what counts. The method or methods used are always purely secondary.

I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity.

I can be thrown by the wayside, but I'm looking at the stars.

Say me aye," he whispered against her mouth. "Say me aye." How could she say anything else?

Tears are liquid love.

When I have plucked the rose, I cannot give it vital growth again, It needs must wither. I'll smell it on the tree.