Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.

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.

I have learned through repeated experiences that in order to heal, I MUST forgive. The forgiveness is not for the transgressor. The forgiveness is for ME.

There is no peace more wonderful than the peace we enjoy when faith shows us God in all created things.

I think you kind of lose the human aspect when you make things too perfect.

It is a cup final and the one who wins it goes through

Electronics is clearly the winner of the day.

I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion.

Each civilization has its own kind of pestilence and can control it only by reforming itself.

My Spanish is a daughter's Spanish. I write, but my Spanish really is very limited.

Theres nothing better than keeping fit. It gives me energy and helps me think more clearly.

I escaped the [Southern-writer] label because I didn't and don't write about the South.