I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.

In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

It is my mood which decides the weather, it is my mood which brings the tiny changes to humankind.

Let me get this straight. I can't take the vampire with me because if I remove the stake, he can kill us all. Now I can't take the girl because she's what? some kind of ninja witch?

The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.

When you love someone, you end up caring about each and every person they love. When you hate someone, you end up caring about every single person who hates them.

Your life is a reflection of how effectively you balance potential and kinetic energy.

It is by believing in roses that you make them bloom.

The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.

I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years.

Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.

Eyes spiritualised by death can judge, I cannot, but I am not content.