Deep down there was understanding, not of the facts of our lives so much as of our essential natures.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.

I pulled myself back before wind could knock me down. I survived the wind and my own person.

Creative industries are more important than the car industry, luxury jewels, and fashion.

Quran says do not abuse others' gods, they will abuse Allah. But most people do not believe in this... they feel their way is the only right one. This is to maintain religious hegemony.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.

I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.

The house praises the carpenter.

Genes are very important at the individual level but these differences tend to cancel at the national level.

Love among the ruins... I'll tell you something, my friend: Weird love's better than no love at all.