Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

She has this amazing aura around her which catches you off-guard. A girl’s innocence combined with a woman’s sensitivity. A charm that is alluring and attractive at the same time.

Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.

Sleeping on it didn't make accepting it any easier. It seemed like a really bad dream.

You are an incredible mystery that you will never figure out. To be this mystery consciously is the greatest joy.

Humor is not the opposite of seriousness. Humor is the opposite of despair.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Absurd, irreducible; nothing--not even a profound and secret delirium of nature--could explain [a tree root].

Deaths have benefits. They can fertilise the ground.

I belonged in Idle Valley like a pearl onion on a banana split.

If I had to pick one quality that best predicts success (other than wanting to be successful) it would be the willingness to risk embarrassment.