...and wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

The idea that we can be exactly what the other desires is a powerful fantasy.

Peace can't be seen with eyes, only the mind can see it and the heart can feel it. So open the window of your mind to let it come in.

Because when you cared about people, you handed them a little piece of your heart, and with those hands, they had the power to cause pain.

Reading maketh a full man conference a ready man and writing an exact man.

Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer.

A glimpse is not a vision. But to a man on a mountain road by night, a glimpse of the next three feet of road may matter more than a vision of the horizon.

Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for the many foreign manufacturers who sell primarily in the U.S. market.

In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.

Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.

Nothing works unless you do the work.