Whether they give or refuse women are glad to have been asked.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

My vegetable love will growVaster than empires, and more slow.

Health is wholeness and balance, an inner resilience that allows you to meet the demands of living without being overwhelmed.

I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.

I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?

I don't think about it in terms of being a woman. Being gracious, attentive, curious, interested are requirements for everyone.

There is no such thing as 'on the way out' as long as you are still doing something interesting and good; you're in the business because you're breathing.

I would recommend that skeptics devote even more effort than they do now to understanding the reasons why so many people want or need to believe.

The leather vests are work vests, supposed to look like factory workers. They're actually the vests we use in the studio when we make jewelry.

Feller was an ebullient man, who would rather be wrong than undecided.

If the Lord calls you, He will equip you for the task He wants you to fulfill