Sensible fathers and mothers, when their children marry, go back to the old days and renew their youth.

Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.

The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again.

She long ago accepted the fact that happiness is like, swallows in spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it.

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart.

In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins.

The child in us is always there, you know, and it's the best part of us, the winged part that travels farthest.

Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance

Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.

He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.

Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible.

With love, accept what is happening. Don’t shout at what should happen with anger.

Life is strictly coded with happiness & sorrowWe can't make it work properly without one

The gift of faith given to your children will last longer than any monetary gift.

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published

I always bounce my legs when I'm sitting.

I was anticipating that some readers might misread [the book] ROOM itself as a hymn to homeschooling.

Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh.

If there are threats to the United States, then I would of course go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of U.S. military ground force.

I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.

We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to break through into a new understanding of what it is to be a human being.