[A distressing event] came like a door banging on to a silent room.

Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

A bibliomaniac is one to whom books are like bottles of whiskey to the inebriate, to whom anything that is between covers has an intoxicating savor.

Happiness comes, I know, from some spring within a man — from some curious adjustment to life.

The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and, after these, the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase.

Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.

Art and life ought to be hurriedly remarried and brought to live together.

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform.

All paraphrases and expletives are so much in disuse that soon the only way of making love will be to say, "Lie down.

Things that look impossible suddenly seem a lot better, once you get God on board.

We are all born with a dream

Blessed are you when you commit your life to the Lord.Your life will overflow with great joy and abundant life.

Darkness uses light as bait on its fishhook!

he lived in London indeed but invisibly, his existence like an erased pencil sketch

People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy.

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.

Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre.

One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.