The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Do not trap yourself into an owl's hooting soundwhere sad nights linger through the blackness of a hound

Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.

The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself.

Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was incredibly sensitive and astute.

Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.

At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house.

The dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real benefit from it.

One's art is just one's effort to wed oneself to the universe, to unify oneself through union.