The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

There are many things in this life one can plan for, anticipate, control, manipulate, but love is not one of them.

Some of life’s best lessons are learned through our worst mistakes.

I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.

If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well.

be it peace or happiness let it enfold you

So who's the big red menace nowadays? Cuba. That's it? I'm sorry, but it's hard to whip up any us against them nationalist fervor about a country whose principal export is citizens who can swim.

I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.

I just need some time away to remember why I stay.

Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees.

The hard part is that this is a very fine line. There's right on one side of it, and crazy on the other.