Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you.

In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.

Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.

Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.

Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.

Travel is never a matter of money but of courage

You don't need to climb a mountain to know that it's high.

God only allows us to see such things when he wants something to change

Only children believe they're capable of everything.

It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory

Love can extend far beyond the people whom we know and it makes us a part of something much greater than ourselves.

To the end of this age. Oh, a thousand yearsWill Hardly leach, ” he thought, “this dust of that fire.

He had opened his heart to the sublime indifference of the universe

No circumstances can ever make or mar the unfolding of the spiritual life. Spirituality does not depend upon the environment; it depends upon one's attitude towards life.

On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother.

Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience.

It might be liberating to think of human life as informed by losses and disappearances as much as by gifted appearances, allowing a more present participation and witness to the difficulty of living.

Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.

When you find a fear, that fear will either create you or destroy you.

I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.