cowardice more than any other failing demands a ruthless paying of the price from those who give it hospitality.

Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.

The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again.

She long ago accepted the fact that happiness is like, swallows in spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it.

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart.

In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins.

The child in us is always there, you know, and it's the best part of us, the winged part that travels farthest.

Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance

Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.

He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.

Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible.

Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions. You either make them or they're made for you, but you can't avoid them.

Poverty comes from the poverty of positive thoughts and creative ideas.

Failure can only be a reality for those who are willing to give up on themselves. I hope we are all in it to win it?

Now the night's breath responds to the sea, which I can scarcely hear from here, as it reminisces about its shipwrecks.

that feeling that I could touch the sky? That’s exactly how you make me feel.” (Ray)

Adaptability to change is itself a hallmark of successful education.

Radical constructivism, thus, is radical because it breaks with convention and develops a theory of knowledge in which knowledge does not reflect an 'objective' ontological reality.

Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves.

Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin together again for the first time.

Imagine having journalists in your own home and not even covering the furniture with plastic sheets first.