You must not begin to fret about the successes of cheap people. After all, what have they to do with you?

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

There is no fixed formula for prayer. It has to be spontaneous, sincere, and affectionate. It is an over pouring of human spirit to God

Poverty is a mental virus, even if one could get a million, the mindset will always kick in.

My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you can make something yourself.

You don't go out and kick a mad dog. If you have a mad dog with rabies, you take a gun and shoot him.

Human beings have Love for one another inborn in them - Love, reassembler of our ancient nature, who tries to make one out of two and to heal human nature.

Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better.

Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

You have the optimism of a child. (Julian) Peter Pan all the way. (Grace)

‎No one remembers the singer. The song remains.

Fashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving.