Painters aren't expected to paint bleak pictures, are they?

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

There is room in history for all of us.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.

How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.

Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.

We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters.

There are old mycologists and there are bold mycologists, but there are no old, bold mycologists.

A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land?

Glory be to Him who changes others and remains Himself unchanged!

The day I realized that sunshine doesn't satisfy everyone. It gave me an understanding of true contentment, which will always be found internally.

A few will say no, but many will say yes…remember that every No will get you closer to the many yeses as long as you have a system that works for you.

You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.

My whole concept in life is if you're not using it, you should give it to somebody else so they can use it.

You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal—no one will see it. But when a button is missing—everyone sees that.

If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.

If I never have anything from him except this one moment I am going to take it. Take it now, or drown in regret later.

A body without bones would be a limp impossible mess, so a day without steady routine would be disruptive and chaotic.

You can do it if you believe you can.