I guess it was what my friend Phoolendu at the yoga studio would call kismet. That's like fate, but much more dramatic.

When One judges another, they unconsciously allow themselves to be judged.

To avoid a comparative poverty, which her affection and her society would have deprived of all its horrors, I have, by raising myself to affluence, lost everything that could make it a blessing.

Where you feel like really giving up is where your threshold growth lies.

There are ceremonious bows that repel one like a cudgel.

When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you.

As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and faith through Him.

Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.

The Louvre is a good book to consult, but it must only be an intermediary. The real and immense study that must be taken up is the manifold picture of nature.

Happiness is not about the trophy, or the finish line. It's the journey. If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life

If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important.