One of the greatest things you can learn in life is to be compassionate, and true compassion includes compassion for yourself.
There are a million things one might do with a block of wood. But what do you think might happen if someone, just once, believed in it?
Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive.
Yet none of these things gave him confidence. All they gave him was egotism, which is less the conviction of one's worth than the desire for that conviction.
If we go on in this way, we shall have a new art of poetry, of which one of the first rules will be: To remember to forget that there are any such things as sunshine and music in the world.
You know, there are just some things you never expect to face even on this job. A flying primate that shoots fire out its nose is one of them.
Meditating on the nature and dignity of prayer can cause saying at least one thing to God: Lord, teach us to pray!
Dangers were no more than odd imaginings, like ghost stories that children made up to frighten one another: things that couldn't possibly happen.
Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth. You have to have more faith in yourself.
The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.
Is that it?” “No. That’s a wall.” “It could be disguised.” “You’re not very good at looking for things, are you?” “I’m good at looking for walls. Look, I found another one.
If there is one thing I dislike, it is the man who tries to air his grievances when I wish to air mine.
It is not easy to learn much about love, but one thing I discovered, that Lady Harleigh taught me: it is not whom you love that is important, but only that we love.
I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs.
No one OWES you a THING. So don’t EXPECT it. You’re on your OWN.
Is that an invitation?” “I suppose it is.” “Good.” Cade’s voice dropped lower, adding one last thing before hanging up. “And tell your friend in the striped shirt that he’s in my seat.
Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified.
Limitation of one's freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
But 'tis a sad thing that all one's happiness is only that the world does not know you are miserable.
That was the wonderful thing about historical novels, one met so many famous people. It was like reading a very old copy of magazine.
It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no one necessarily knows what you mean by it anyway.
