Optimists often kill themselves when they realize they can't be optimists anymore.

The mind and soul are formed when the spirit and flesh meet

More is said in silences than words ever could.

Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.

Experience is an excellent doctor, though he never had a diploma.

The smith and his penny both are black.

When you have the intuition that there is something which is there, but out of the reach of your physical world, art and religion are the only means to get to it.

In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good mystery.

Jesus washes the feet of the Apostles. Are we ready to serve others like this.

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.

I think willpower is very valuable.