You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer, because the winds would find it out and tell your cedar floor.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

I must go in, the fog is rising.

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

Bring me the sunset in a cup.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

May you find the courage to dare great things.

The point of the list wasn't just to tick items off and forget about them, it was to learn something new.

We only need to wear shoes because the British built roads which hurt our feet.

My heart is very much alive and in your hands. Do your best not to destroy it. You are very lucky it isn't it my hands... The only thing I know to do with hearts is incinerate them! Ouch!

It is hard to get in the habit of forcing yourself to find three things on a regular basis that you are grateful for.

To me the soul of an Indian seemed as precious as the soul of an Englishman, and the Gospel as much for the Chinese as for the European.

The events we most desire do not happen; or, if they do, it is neither in the time nor in the circumstances when they would have given us extreme pleasure.

... the future is under no obligation to wait patiently while we get ready for it.

Why is the third hand on a watch called a second hand?

What we want is progress, development, realisation.