Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

Health is hearty, health is harmony, health is happiness.

We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here.

The whole world's writing novels, but nobody's reading them. We need readers. More readers. Fewer writers.

I always loved being with older people. Now they're so difficult to find.

Nothing's real ,but all is possible if God is on my side

Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside. -Gabe Singleton remembering his counselor's first advice-

New Zealand was colonised initially by those Australians who had the initiative to escape.

When faced with writer's block, lower your standards and keep going.

I had a dream that I was awake and I woke up to find myself asleep.