In a way, I was almost happy to see her. The worst part of me, out in the flesh. Blinking back at me in the dim light, daring me to call her a name other than my own.

Don't think or judge, just listen.

There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.

Your actions is like a raindrop; it falls into the pond making ripples and then its over.

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys.

Looking at the pond, all I could think was that it is an incredivle thing, how a whole world can rise from what seems like nothing at all.

If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and everything that followed it is part of letting it go.

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.

Being brave and self-confident doesn't necessarily start inside...It starts with the rest of the world, and it leads back to you.

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

Hope is the light in your being which enlightens your heart and makes it ready to sing.

Reaching the top requires taking a good break every time you need it! On the way up, you must never hesitate to stop for a while!

Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.

I'm from a big family - I'm the youngest of seven - and my wife is one of four. So we always wanted a lot of kids. It's what we're used to, and for us it's what life is all about.

There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad.

He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.

When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else.

The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.

Blessed is he who devotes his life to great and noble ends, and who forms his well-considered plans with deliberate wisdom.

All's well if all ends well.