The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

Of course, you won't confirm or deny it, which means I'm probably right, since if I was wrong, you'd be gloating about it.

I write because I am a writer, not because I want to get anything out of it.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

L'imagination est la reine du vrai, et le possible est une des provinces du vrai. Imagination is the queen of the truth and the possible is one of the provinces of the truth.

In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.

There are many families where the whole interest of life is centered upon the dog.

I'm in the unfortunate position of having to consider other people's feelings

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

The beauty of a game of chess is usually assessed according to the sacrifices it contains.

I see through my eyes, not with them.