Of one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

More than Gyms, we need centers where we can exercise how to be grateful for things we have & we got, which will add life to our life.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

I want to stay true to who I am by trying to be in the moment.

For me, serendipity, coincidence and chance are more interesting than any preconceived construct of our human encounters.

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing is none of my business' and 'What I am doing is none of your business.'

Wisdom requires not only the investigation of many things, but contemplation of the mystery.

I absolutely love this. Top notch art and scripting encapsulating a brilliant idea.

where is the 'punch' in sweetness and light?

These 150-minute superhero films that Hollywood is making are so concerned with their length that each scene doesn't have the time it needs to make sense.