The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.

It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.

I now see my life, not as a slow shaping of achievment to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery of a purpose which I did not know.

There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

I began to have an idea of my life not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.

There seemed to be endless obstacles-it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

There seemed to be endless obstacles ... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

It is weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.

Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs.

The moment I realize I just stayed up until five in the morning writing is that moment I know I am meant to be a writer.

With land-roaming animals, I've just read so much about the sophistication of their emotional lives and their intelligence and the way they process information that betrays a greater intelligence.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

Sometimes I get a little manic and you can't stop me. I'm all over the place. I have fun

Come poor, lost, undone sinner, come just as you are to Christ.

She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous.

The terrain is thinner, the vegetation is greener, that's a good sign we're getting close to the coast.

I believe that everyone chooses how to approach life. If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.

Once a movie goes out into the world, it belongs to anyone who goes to see it.