Time is the coin of our live. We must take care how we spend it.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

You won't know how much you’ll miss someone until they’re gone. Go give them a big hug while you have the chance.

I accepted what the Sisters taught in religion class: that God is loving, merciful, charitable, forgiving. That message didn't jibe with adults smacking kids.

One of the great things about anarchy is that it’s hard to get it organized.

The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters voluntarily give up their slaves.

All teachers are already leaders. It's in the nature of teaching.

There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.

You could at least complain,” I say. “I adore complaining. It calms the nerves.

They wanted them to look like the Gods. God doesn't look like this.

The important consideration is not how long we can live but how well we can learn the lesson of life, and discharge our duties and obligations to God and to one another.

I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all.