Be careful what you yearn for, because that which you desire most will either complete you or destroy you, and you don't get to choose.

If he ever had a bright idea it would be beginner's luck.

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

The art is long, life is short, opportunity fleeting, experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.

We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word 'admire' then means 'marvel at.'

I'm no longer afraid of conflict, and I don't think conflict is a bad thing.

To see Stephen Spender fumbling with our rich and delicate language is to experience all the horror of seeing a Sevres vase in the hands of a chimpanzee.

The Pride of ancestry increases in the ratio of distance.

Honestly, I can't understand English poetry. Because I am not an English speaker, when I read it I never know how to read it in the right rhythm.

Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God.

Spiritual progress is when on becomes free not only of the knowledge which is inevitably from the past, but also from the need to know... and a desire to predict and control.