In love there are no penalties and no payments, and what is given is indistinguishable from what is received.

Morning has broken Like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird.

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.

All the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love.

We do not lose our friends when they die, we only lose sight of them.

The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year.

It seems to me there are no rules, only instances; but perhaps that is because I learned no rules, and am only an instance myself.

Upon your shattered ruins where, This vine will flourish still, as rare, As fresh, as fragrant as of old. Love will not crumble.

No love-story has ever been told twice. I never heard any tale of lovers that did not seem to me as new as the world on its first morning.

Cats sleep Anywhere, Any table, Any chair, Top of piano, Window-ledge, In the middle, On the edge.

He bent his head and kissed her long and deeply, and in that kiss neither knew themselves, or even each other, but something beyond all consciousness that was both of them.

One should learn to be happy and content by himself, for everything else life is there to give a perfect lesson.

Courage is saying maybe what I'm doing isn't working, maybe I should try something else.

Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force on this planet.

There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.

The salutory effect of surviving a heart-attack: One felt that nothing mattered beyond kindness, good manners and humour

The will of God for your life is simply that you submit yourself to Him each day and say, 'Father, Your will for today is mine. You lead me today and I will follow.

People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!

It would be very easy to drool with sentimentality over the Ryder Cup. But, at the end of the day, it is simply two teams trying to knock seven bells out of each other, in the nicest possible way.

I wish I'd known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth.

Oh, to be a center fielder, a center fielder- and nothing more