It is better to do your own duty badly than to perfectly do an others; when you do your duty, you are naturally free from sin.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

The impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page.

No relationship, Chrissy, I don't care how truly, madly, deeply it is...No relationship survives on hope. It's forgiveness that keeps it alive.

Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

We face an essential need to reach a definition of terrorism that will enjoy wide international agreement, thus enabling international operations against terrorist organizations.

Nothing has changed, or will change. So we must change it.

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book.

My own words take me by surprise and teach me what to think.

I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well.

A pen went scribbling along. When it tried to write love, it broke.