Don't stay in the harbour and miss the greatness of the sea. Just because everyone else is anchored, doesn't mean you have to be.

We like to think we're in control but we never are.

How strange it is beholding this, and, very confident, proclaim that such magnificenceoccurred by accident.

Life did come with a manual.

Solitude is the canvas of a thinking mind.

If you can't write, read.If you can't read, walk.Or walk and read, then write.

Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on the way.

Those who are acquainted with failure acquire the unique ability to dare without fear of it.

It's only awkward if it matters.

You don't have to live happily ever after with every single person in your life in order to live happily ever after. Some unfortunate endings are necessary.

It reveals how well you value someone - the way you handle their belongings.

Every woman is a gift when she becomes a daughter, Every woman is beautiful when she becomes a lover, Every woman is special when she becomes a wife, Every woman is a god when she becomes a Mother

Poor quality is remembered long after low prices are forgotten.

The weather today is partly angry, leading to resignation and ultimatums.

...there were no guarantees in life, only promises and whispers.

A sense of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth.

Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice.

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has had before.

The four most important words in the English language are, "What do you think?" Listen to your people and learn.

I have been Merlin wandering in the woods Of a far country, where the winds waken Unnatural voices , my mind broken By a sudden acquaintance with man's rage.

A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.