One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.

A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

...his hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again.

Doorbells are like a magic game, Or the grab-bag at a fair -- You never know when you hear one ring Who may be waiting there.

And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.

The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught.

When you understand the value of time, the resource and the wealth of time, you will be running away from the crowd.

There was no better way to live, or worse. It was all terrible, and you had to do it constantly,

What we are is not all that we may become.

God’s Word is written for you and to you, but it won’t help unless you read it.

If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.

Dr. Martinez: "I take it you don't want me to call your parent?" Max: "Uh, no." Hello, lab? May I speak to the test tube please?

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the environment, but is a part of the organization or organism that you are looking at.

Once you understand that the false needs time and what needs time is false, you are nearer the Reality, which is timeless, ever in the NOW.

Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don't have time to bother with success or getting rich.

Keep trying. It's only from the valley that the mountain seems high.