I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Integrity and self trust are the two important powers that can help you to reach success.

That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other.

I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I've done my job.

Land [is] the only thing God ain't making no more of.

You realise Group Captain that this might be the most important weather forecast in history?

Anything that kills hope is a sin

I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well, obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.

As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time.

Each man is haunted until his humanity awakens.

The roaring street is hung for miles With fierce electric fire.