We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Women shouldn't be in combat, " said Vorkosigan, grimly glum. "Neither should men, in my opinion.

Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

Suffering! ... We owe to it all that is good in us all that gives value to life we owe to it pity we owe to it courage we owe to it all the virtues.

The media always tries to make everything into a disaster, but it's mostly rubbish.

[People] might turn into [Donald] Trump supporters who think, "Hey, I get what women are saying." So any chance I get to have people listen that should hear me is good.

Although I loved Liza as a little girl, it would be true to say I really didn't know her.

One of the things I discover a lot in marriage counseling is the husband or wife trying to get their spiritual thirst quenched by their partner; I think that's a real common mistake that we make.

Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.

I'm happy doing what I'm doing, and if you have that kind of attitude then everything else from there on is a bonus.

[Y]outh is hardly human: it can't be, for the young never believe they will die...especially would they never believe that death comes, and often, in forms other than the natural one.