The dress does not make the monk. [Fr., L'habit ne fait le moine.]

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

If you want to live a creative life, get efficient at failing.

Grief is a good thing. It's the way we get through the transitions of life.

There is honey in this land sweeter than any I know of, and I have cut cane in places where the dirt itself tasted like sugar, so that's saying a heap.

…she simply accepted it for what it was — a normal, average, everyday kind of miracle.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.

Love the sea? I dote upon it--from the beach.

It is a whole lot easier to see our problems in others than it is to see them in ourselves.

I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

You were seen, you were heard and you matter.

You can change anything about yourself quite quickly. All you have to do is give up the belief system that says that it takes a long time to change.