Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.

I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.

The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.

The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to that.

A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand.

Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies.

Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy.

It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.

To be the salt, you also need to be the shaker. To shake the world. Shake the truth. Shake the people. Shake the word. Have it sprinkle, melt and preserve humanity.

You are the light in the midst of darkness.

The only path to real promotion is to humble yourself and make yourself of no reputation and then begin to give yourself to other people and serve them.

You know, the answer to your problem is just an attitude change away.

Before I forget, here's your homework. Where do you want me to put it?" She pointed at the trash can. "Right there would be fine.

You must feel love within, before you can share it.

I was Chairman Maos dog. What he said to bite, I bit.

If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it.

Of course, the drug does not produce the transcendent experience. It merely acts as a chemical key — it opens the mind, frees the nervous system of its ordinary patterns and structures.

Remember: we all get what we tolerate. So stop tolerating excuses within yourself, limiting beliefs of the past, or half-assed or fearful states.