Happy people do a great deal for their friends.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

I must be honest. I can only read so many paragraphs of a New York Times story before I puke.

If you don't know what it is you're looking for you're NEVER going to find it. You have to be clear on what it is you're seeking.

If you submit to your gift, you will become known and influential

Do not underestimate the power of an enemy, no matter how great or small, to rise against you another day.

I suppose once upon a time a Test match was something you looked forward to go and watch. It's very hard to get the quality these days because the focus is more on quantity.

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.

I knew I would not live to see the victory which I would make possible. But I would not die before I would make that victory certain.

The hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.

The most important thing in changing human behavior is the person's motivation.

Magic never dies. It merely fades away.