Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.

Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.

If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.

Belief traps or frees us.

Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.

Medicine is as close to love as it is to science, and its relationships matter even at the edge of life itself.

Inner peace is more a question of cultivating perspective, meaning, and wisdom even as life touches you with its pain.

We burn out not because we don't care but because we don't grieve. We burn out because we have allowed our hearts to become so filled with loss that we have no room left to care.

Determination is the first step of ladder to show Efficiency.

All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects.

It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution.

In Paris, the greatest expression of personal satisfaction known to man is the smirk on the face of a male, highly pleased with himself as he leaves the boudoir of a lady.

Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore.

But when the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?

If she were a writer she would collect her pencils and notebooks and favourite cat and write in bed. Strangers and lovers would never get past the locked door.

How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)

Historical atrocities have certainly shown that dehumanizing any group is the first step toward genocide.

I think that people feel they know what love means, it's probably one of the most used words in the world but has the most completely different definitions from one person to another.