Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

The right path in life will always come with patience. It’s when we reach an understanding that everything happens in God’s time that we walk the right path.

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed

Cars are little privacy cocoons that we take with us. If you could refuel while driving you could, theoretically, stay moving forever.

I really said, 'Okay, this is just the right job for me. This is really what I need to be doing: telling stories through music in lots of different styles of music.'

Freedom doesn't become 'lost' through abuse; freedom is lost through our failure to exercise it.

I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.

Television is a very intimate experience. It's in your home, you watch it in your PJs and while you're folding towels.

There's a difference between logic and what maybe people see when they're presented evidence and justice and that they're not always together.

A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.