From all those created in the image of God there is something to be received, and to them something to be given.

Everything important seems already to have happened.

To love God is to love your neighbour.

Humankind must no longer permit the lie to be taught to its children.

If you are a finger, your honesty is the hand to make your existence worth living.

Something must be left to chance nothing is sure in a sea fight.

Sometimes we don't notice that someone is being brave, because they are only doing something that seems quite easy for us.

Back on its golden hinges The gate of Memory swings, And my heart goes into the garden And walks with the olden things.

Honesty is praised and left in the cold.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

Feelings are sometimes difficult to discover, and often even more difficult to acknowledge. Yet hidden in your deepest feelings is your highest truth.

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose