Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection

Water is the best of all things.

Learn what you are and be such.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

I don't need their understanding, but my daughter will--and I hope the minds of her peers are wide open with vibrant hues of passion. i hope they paint the world with color.

You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.

There's something more to life than what we see on the surface.

I kept waiting for that loneliness and nervousness to make me want to go back. But it never did.

I wish something on T.V. would trouble me. Then maybe I would watch it.

As a writer I'm more drawn to villains who are just slightly mad.

One never realizes how much and how little he knows until he starts talking.

Love happens when you are ready to share with another human being. Prayer happens when you are ready to share with God.

It is really hard for me to invest time into a relationship because I get kind of freaked out by the thought of doing something that part of my mind keeps telling me is "unproductive".

...And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye clear. What we need is here.