The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

Now I become myself. It’s taken time, many years and places.

It was Chase who had obtained the information from the girl’s boyfriend during a party in an Irish pub, simply by using his British friendliness and charm.

How poor are they that have not patience? What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

We forget our guilt when we have confessed it to another, but the other does not usually forget it.

No one conquers who doesn't fight.

It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.

Jesus invested everything he had in a team. The Bible knows nothing about solo ministry, only team ministry.

You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central trunk.

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses.

I have nothing but scorn for all weird ideas other than my own.