Where there are no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts and no one to thank.

In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.

Hurt no living thing: Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing.

Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.

Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.

We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit.

Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep.

What is the beginning? Love. What is the course. Love still. What the goal. The goal is love.

Silence is more musical than any song.

All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.

When someone says they love you, don’t believe it. Love is shown with actions and not words.

My husband lost a lot of weight on a new diet and I resent it. It's simple he just doesn't eat when I'm talking.

A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making.

So many people arrange furniture in order to see what's going on outside. But why? The view isn't going anywhere.

I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.

I've always thought of myself as a catalyst. Look, it's not without its perils. Ann Coulter called me "learning disabled." The things people write about me.

Psychoanalysis comes down to the process itself - the self, and life. I think I can say that I'm friends with the unconscious life, but I've never tried to make a painting directly from a dream.

Love, and a cough, are not concealed.

You have to know how to look even if you don't know what you're looking for.