The best sun we have is made of Newcastle coal, and I am determined never to reckon upon any other.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

Time is that by which at every moment all things become as nothing in our hands, and thereby lose all their true value.

Praying is the breath of life.

The hermit Anthony once told me that a monk is like a fish: take him out of his element and he dies. Silence is his element. In silence you can trade this shoddy world for Heaven.

We're growing up and I don't like it, " said Tacy, as they say at Heinz's later, drinking coffee.

Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.

Don't ask people to do something you wouldn't.

WhenIWasYourAge: People were never "living with their disease." We cured them. Or they died from it.

I love Superman. Because he represents the hero with 1,000 faces. And the potential that lies in every human on this planet.

A steak needs fat to taste great.

How long a book tends to illustrate depends on the book. The Awful Aunty took me 10 days.