Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

The power of positive thoughts is divine. Maintain a positive thoughts to create the life you want.

No matter how deep the issue is and no matter how long you have struggled with it, the possibility exists for you to become absolutely free, whole, and healed.

There were mysterious questions, but a mysterious answer was a contradiction in terms.

I'd rather sing a sad song than eat.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Had I listened to my agent, I'd be running around in tights, climbing buildings and stuff.

I hate the beach - I'm a mountain guy. I'd much rather face a bear than a shark.

I think the most moving part of my trip [to Africa] so far was seeing 92-year-old Nelson Mandela, and just thinking about his life. This man has lived through a struggle that few nations have known.

Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.

Neither object nor time off, put up with what comes.