Peace is perfected activity.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.

Each human personality is like a piece of music, having an individual tone and a rhythm of its own.

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.

When I open my eyes to the outer world I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.

Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.

one gets so hopelessly tired of deception.

Descriptive grammar is an attempt to give an account of what the current system is for either a society or an individual, whatever you happen to be studying.

When I started reciting my own poems in public, I worried that it would seem too theatrical, but now I find recitation very natural, because it allows me to address audiences directly.

The closer you get to God, the more you become yourself.

I like being 30. I wouldn't want to do the twenties again. They are their own entity.

God has marvelous ways of taking our worst tragedies and turning them into His most glorious triumphs.

When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else.

When you're going to play with dead things, do it during the daylight.

Your honor, why would anyone in their right mind park in the passing lane?

It was a mixed bag pretty much all week. A lot of really, really good stuff out there, some mediocre and some bad.