One is always willfully absurd.... If one does not say silly things with a purpose, then he is merely an idiot.

Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much

when all of life becomes crowded with profound and weighty matters, making time to engage in trivial things becomes an even greater priority.

Besides, Mrs. Quesnt, did it never occur to you that we are not changing at all-that rather, we are simply becoming more ourselves?

When twelve who wander stand as oneThrough the door the dark will come.The key will be revealed in turn—Unlock the way and you shall learn...

I embrace new experiences every day. I revel in the fun adventures I create for myself and absorb their blissful gifts.

The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

Ye mustn't be afraid to ask for help. Pride is a good thing, my girl, but it will kill you in time.

By Thursday morning, we'd gotten over the worst of it.

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

Meditate. Look at the candle flame - or whatever object you have chosen to gaze upon - with intensity.

I don't cook, but I would love to learn.

People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.

A life without love is like a year without spring.

It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way.