At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is.

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 only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.

Deceit dispels the boredom of the Absolute.

I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties.

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations.

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral.

Because photos are testimony that someone did live. A reminder of past we may have loved or hated. A piece of our lives.

The Grail is the womb of the beloved.

Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is no justification for killing innocents.

There's not a shirt and a half in all my company, and the half shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like a herald's coat without sleeves.