We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.

Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.

The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again.

She long ago accepted the fact that happiness is like, swallows in spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it.

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart.

In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins.

The child in us is always there, you know, and it's the best part of us, the winged part that travels farthest.

Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance

Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.

He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.

Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible.

wen thectaste of my own medicine is given to me results into silent treatment, its not bitter therefore i enjoy the medicine i gave you too.

Men simply don't understand how women are. They think there's some other kind.

I am like a wounded animal in a remote isolated place - How wonderful! - How happy!

I know people that can't win. I know people that are very talented at sports, and they never win.

The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.

It's important that the United States not forget the lessons of September the 11th, 2001. I assure you, I'm not going to forget them.

Anyone or anything that asks you to be untrue to yourself has already acted against you.

The less I spent on myself and the more I gave to others, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become.

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.

Environmentalism has become a special interest, incapable of addressing large, complex, and global problems such as global warming.