If we attempt to sink the soul in matter, its light is quenched.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

A lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.

Our relationship with God will never be right as long as our relationship with others is wrong.

I've got dyslexia. When I was in school, it wasn't really recognized as much as it is today; I'm really glad that people are a lot more aware of it now.

I grew up in a martial arts gym surrounded by men and boys, and I pretty much call myself a tomboy.

What I try to do with any of my stories, any of my novels, is make them feel very original.

People say you make your best work when in despair, but I think happiness is a good place to write from.

Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is oversimplified and underestimated, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion.

Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.