Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world.

The best way is to forget doubts and set about the task in hand. . . .

If you are doing your best you will not have time to worry about failure.

What will my world be without books?

Until your last breath, you may not be able to see the true beauty of life.

See, she goes places when she reads. I know all about that. When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else.

I have always found that each step we take in life is to be regretted-if we once begin to wonder how many other steps might have been possible.

Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.

Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart.

Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.

Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well watched, possessed of a mind that is awake and observing.

The works of great poets have never been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them.

Nothing marks the change from the city to the country so much as the absence of grinding noises. The country is never silent. But its sounds are separate, distinct, and as it were, articulate.