Do not forget, some give little, and it is much for them, others give all, and it costs them no effort; who then has given most?

In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.

Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.

I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love this patch of earth." "And which do you love best?" "The dream.

But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe.

In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unless someone explains it to you

No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.

A word can be transformed into a coulour, light, a smell; it is the writer's task to use it in such a way that it serves, never fails, can never be ignored.

Love is every bit as violent and dangerous as murder.

But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes they work out sideways.

I stood in the lee of an overhanging rock and thought of many things.

I don't love you anymore", she whispered. "I don't love you at all." His throat closed. "It's all right, sweetheart. I love you enough for both of us.

If I have nothing but life and books, I have everything.

A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds.

Today did take the time to say: "I believe in myself, " at least 20 times today? You can never say it too much.

Words have consequences.

Words are clothes that thoughts wear

The way I came to miss the end of the world – well, the end of the world I had known for close on thirty years – was sheer accident: like a lot of survival, when you come to think of it.

Most Christians would rather be happy than feel the wounds of other peoples' sorrows.

There's no ego when you're a ukulele player.

You're chasing the dragon, you're chasing the high. A bird with one wing, who's still trying to fly.