Pursuits become habits.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.

The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface.

Those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again. To teach to others what we know, and to try with what's left of our lives to find a goodness and a meaning to this life.

Perfection is lots of little things done well.

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

I spent lots of time reading the encyclopedia and really kind of an eclectic approach to learning things - not very structured.

Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it.

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.