The absence of doubt will turn humans into beasts.

In language that's lyrical and haunting, Cheryl Strayed writes about bliss and loss, about the kind of grace that startles and transforms us in ordinary moments.

Some acts of faith, I believe, have the power to grant us something infinitely wiser than we imagine

I like to keep myself wrapped in layers of sleep and wait for the geraniums.

About endings....unless we do them well, we have to keep repeating them.

What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more.

About the different levels of skill involved. You have to practice before you become a great masturbator.

I think . . . you should have children, John." At least he's no longer talking about bugs."I'm too young, Dad.""It's the most important thing . . . I've done in . . . my life.

Marrying a woman who was reckless must have been the ultimate reckless act, requiring a lifetime of balancing to keep both of them safe

When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.

Running strengthens self-motivation.

It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils and give their own minds the benefit of the robbery.

You Do Not Know Is in You— an Inexhaustible Fountain of Ideas. Another reason for writing a diary is to discover that the ideas in you are an inexhaustible fountain.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

When you're about to give up and your heart's about to break, remember that you're perfect, God makes no mistakes.

'Brand India' is built of 5 Ts - talent, tradition, tourism, trade and technology.

I know now: I do not hope for anything. I do not fear anything, I have freed myself from both the mind and the heart, I have mounted much higher, I am free .

To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm.

A man is never more satisfied than when he is confirming a favorite theory.