The school of life embodies a compulsory education that no man escapes.

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

Aesthetic freedom is like free speech; it is, indeed, a form of free speech.

Always begin anew with the day, just as nature does. It is one of the sensible things that nature does.

Thrashing is not the most noticeably awful of disappointments. Not to have attempted is the genuine disappointment.

I am quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature without frequent communication, sympathy and service.

If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.

Agitation is that part of our intellectual life where vitality results; there ideas are born, breed and bring forth.

"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.

The sweetest roamer is a boy's young heart.

The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

If you could know how happy I am, as Jesus' little spouse. No one....could I envy, because I am enjoying my complete happiness, even when I suffer something for my beloved Spouse.

Resolution, like responsibility, is a product of ownership, and kids can't resolve a conflict until they figure out how they contributed to it.

There is nothing so special or boring nor there are any weak or strong things in this world. It is we and our surficial perception that creates these types of environment

Less fear, more courage.Less doubt, more faith.Less talking, more action.Less ignorance, more knowledge.

She understood how a world jammed with phones, email, and faxes could still leave you feeling utterly alone.

I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.

I don't respect religon. I don't respect superstitious thinking and that is what religous is.

Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.

To receive spiritual direction is to recognize that God does not solve our problems or answer all our questions, but leads us closer to the mystery of our existence where all questions cease.

It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable.