The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another not because he does not feel them but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The heaviness of loss in her heart hadn't eased, but there was room there for humour, too.

The less you obey the Word of God, the more you distance yourself from God in the spiritual realm

After the 'war to end war' they seem to have been pretty successful in Paris at making a 'Peace to end Peace.

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

There's no use in weeping, Though we are condemned to part: There's such a thing as keeping, A remembrance in one's heart.

Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.

Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). That's easy to manage.

Having been an editor for more than a decade, I thought I had a good idea of how much work was involved in writing a novel. I was wrong! Writing is a lot harder than I ever imagined - but worth it.

When the pressure's on, I always seem to go bigger and land everything better.