It's something families could do together. They can be passed on from father to son, or father to daughter.

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten.

You're my bread when I'm hungry You're my shelter from troubled winds You're my anchor in life's ocean Most of all You're my best friend

I don't believe that heaven waits for only those who congregate.

When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what we are capable of.

I don't believe virginity is common as it used to be.

Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children is the color of God.

Fear can only grow in darkness. Once you face fear with light, you win.

The colour of the magpie, her father was saying, was symbolic of creation. The void, the mystery of that which had not yet taken form. Black and white, he said. Presence and absence.

If you don't choose your daily words wisely, negative words wouldn't hesitate to choose a painful future for you.

But that’s the paradox of expectations

To prepare for a race there is nothing better than a good pheasant, some champagne and a woman.

When you have children, you realise you can't plan anything. There's no Plan A, no Plan B. Life will happen and you will go with it.

Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men.

We pretend to be strong because we are weak.

You can as easily love without trusting as you can hug without embracing.

The search for the right answer is the enemy of art.