not fare well, but fare forward

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

World is so full of idiots that you can't even imagine to escape. The only solution is isolation. But it still spares one!

There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.

Libraries are the pride of the city.

An artist must learn to be nourished by his passions and by his despairs.

A love affair based on jealousy is doomed from the start ... It is certanly a sign of love, but it's a sign that it's already dying.

I felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel strongly about, and the rest of the time just live my life

From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed.

Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction.

I'm like the kid in kindergarten; I really do send valentines to everyone.