Love opens us.Pain deepens us.Courage strengthens us.Joy enlightens us.Beauty renews us.

The deeper the pain, the greater the fear, the wider the door opens to a new world. Step through.

How many geniuses die undiscovered, not only by others but, more sadly, by themselves?

Color is the melody of light.

Gratitude is a harbinger of healing, the first robin of spring.

Falling in love isn't about expectations or an outcome.It is about the sheer, weightless, joyous terror of falling into the universal embrace.

Photography captures a moment in time. Art captures time in a moment.

Charlotte looked up doubtfully, wondering why, as she got older, she seemed to be more afraid of things, not less.

First rule of Angel Club, you do not talk about Angel Club.

Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts.

It's a lot easier to convince uninformed people than it is to convince politicians.

Form is any aspect of a poem that encourages it to stay whole and not drift off into chaos.

Women alone always order sole. It means something.

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

To lead happy, contented, peaceful lives, remember all the good times you share with others, forget all the good you do for others.

If you have extremes of haves and have-nots where the gap keeps growing, the have-nots group together and create social disorder, as they can't see a way out of their situation.

A mother's example sketches the outline of her child's character.