Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which he belongs. To free him from all social pressure is to abandon him to himself and demoralize him.

One does not advance when one walks toward no goal, or - which is the same thing - when his goal is infinity.

Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger or disgrace, or to obey a mysterious order from on high, etc.

There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there.

When the storm comes it is your soulmate who pulls out the umbrella and shelters you until the rainbow comes.

If you forget your lines, you had better mumble with conviction.

Having delivered the expected daily miracle, Floote stood in his usual stance and warily watched the Templars work.

To break the pentameter, that was the first heave

The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's as though one of God's checks has bounced.

It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.

Equanimity is a perfect, unshakable balance of mind.

Probably the most important skill that children learn is how to learn. ... Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. This is a mistake.