This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

We live in the world when we love it.

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.

Sometimes, beyond all else, should be a true passion and investment in driving the result and a lack of fear associated with making it happen.

Writing is something you Do and not discuss. Talk is cheap, wishes are free and a fool is included with every purchase. So spend your time wisely.

Search your heart, search your soul, and when you find me there you'll search no more.

McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough: Really? When? Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time...

It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon.

Life itself was hard enough without monosynaptic sociopaths preying on folks.

My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously.

I believe a radiant, light-filled tomorrow should be normal to the experience of living.

Everything's happened to me. Nothing can happen to me now.