Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do.

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

The owner of actions [doer] is called a worldly person [sansaari].

Love radiates the full beam of light.

The greatest challenge of my life has been to see and accept the actual truth without great pain and struggle against it.

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended its area of applicability.

I could not help but think that somewhere along the way we had missed what was radical about our faith and replaced it with what is comfortable.

When we ask God to transform those who oppose us, we are also asking God to transform us.

How oft review; each finding, like a friend, Something to blame, and something to commend.

I'm really enjoying being an actor right now, at this point in my life. It's a great job, it's a huge responsibility, and I just want to do it more.

I find the science behind major natural events almost more interesting than the way in which those same events wreak their effects on human society.

This is the definition of happiness: a whole day stretching out ahead of me, beautiful in its emptiness and simplicity.