I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Moonlight is sculpture.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above may cause us to forget their existence.

Most people just want to be left in peace to eat their bacon, not realising that there is no peace behind bacon.

Serenity of mind brings joy and happiness in life.

If there is anything in life to worry about at all, it’s your wasted yesterday. Unfortunately, before you worry about it, you have to waste today doing so. Never worry!

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

Things don't look hopeful for Darwinian naturalists.

My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat.

Many women feel it is natural to consult with their partners at every turn, while many men automatically make more decisions without consulting their partners.

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear to them.

Your twisting is done--you have the last thread of my heart. I wonder: when the thread grows slack, will you feel it?

When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much.