there are lots of ways of answering a letter - and writing doesn't happen to be mine.

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.

Dreams turn to dust in light of day.

What one promise do you need to claim? Find it. Don't give up. Cling to it.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.

I went through the standard scientific atheist phase when I was about 14. I bought into that package deal of science equals atheism.

My first dissatisfaction has always been with religion.

One cannot blame an organization that picks up an occasional black sheep, one only takes exception if it retains an accumulation of them.

If you want to study yourself, look into the hearts of other people. If you want to study other people, look into your own heart.

Researchers found a frog in new guinea that is so tiny, they believe it's the smallest vertebrate on the planet. It has the tiniest backbone of any living creature, except members of Congress.

I crave to die with my hand at the spinning wheel.

We have good personal relationship with President Obama, our relations are quite frank and business-like. And this is quite enough to do our job.