It looks as if I were meant to be alone, and that any hope of happiness is not meant. Am I too old to acquire the knack for happiness?

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

Build a house?" exclaimed John."For the Wendy, " said Curly."For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!""That, " explained Curly, "is why we are her servants.

If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love then love will wholeheartedly respond to you.

There are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely.

The idea of being on television is to wear your T-shirt so people see it and maybe buy it.

My fans are so funny, they make me laugh so much. I've got some really, really, funny, clever fans.

When you worry, you go over the same ground endlessly and come out the same place you started. Thinking makes progress from one place to another; worry remains static.

Where is the raised voice of black America? Why are we mute?

Today we must all be aware that protocol takes precedence over procedure.

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.

I have taken roads that I wished I had not traveled on. And I'm traveling on some pretty exciting ones, too.