If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

To See What Is Right And Not Do It Is A Lack Of Courage.

What you do not want done to yourself do not do to others.

Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

The combination of ammonia and chloride can be lethal but I've discovered it can work miracles as long as you keep telling yourself, "I want to love, I want to live...

It is then he realises that certain things loom larger than forgiveness and reconciliation: memory, for one, and history, bloody history.

You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest to learn was to trust the writing process.

I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I'm hard-core about grammar.

In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained.

When it all comes down to it, it’s just me and her against the world. Always has been.

This world is full of broken things: broken hearts, broken promises, broken people.

Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a body restless and fill up with bees, all wanting to sting something.

I have amethyst geodes by my meditation - yoga room and large rose quartz throughout my back garden.