If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain to avoid a thought?

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

Do not support your friend in his sin today, for tomorrow he is getting converted and he will a shame you.

Except Him, whatever understood, O Bedil~ love made me forget.

I really am into crystals. I'm a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.

A man who does nothing never has time to do anything

New York has no truck with the past. It expels its dead.

I didn't miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.

All the defects are obstacles that anchors the mind to the external senses.

Dogs are miracles with paws.

Follow thou thy choice.