Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others.

I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning-raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

No matter how hard times are, people still want music.

Beautiful hours move so quickly.

I don't know if anyone ever 'wins' a war.

We mustn’t give trouble a shape before it throws its shadow.

...I wondered why so much had been written about love's pain and so little about the glorious relief of being delivered from love's pain.

One never stops climbing, Julie, unless he wants to stop and vegetate. There’s always something just ahead.

I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning—raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

that old Mrs. Bishop was lacking in the qualities that make a good mother. And saying it that way makes her sound a good deal better than she really was.

All violence is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem.

Faith is a confident hope.

To grow—overcome and go beyond your barrier.

Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.

One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible.

If ever there was a proverbial truth, it's the more you give, the more you get. Give and start experiencing a life of fulfillment!

I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them.

Creation is an act of love and it is perpetual.

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.

...the ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.