Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Photography is my method for defining the confusing world that rushes constantly toward me. It is my defensive attempt to reduce our daily chaos to a set of understandable images.

Your days pass like rainbows, like a flash of lightning, like a star at dawn. Your life is short. How can you quarrel?

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.

You know only insofar as you can measure.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

To succeed in life, you must have the courage to be hated.

Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.

Reason can get you to probability, but only commitment can get you to certainty.

Let gentleness my strong enforcement be.