A spiritual reinterpretation of events gives us miraculous authority to command the winds, to part the waters, and to break all chains that bind us.

The most powerful thought is a prayerful thought. When I'm praying for you, I am praying for my own peace of mind. I can only have for myself what I am willing to wish for you.

When life gives you lemons, sell them and buy a pineapple. How to better your life 101.

Kloo nodded at Lex in an indescribably maternal way, somehow cramming a lifetime of compassion, support, and tenderness all into one slight bounce of the head.

In almost any society I think the quality of the non-conformists is like to be just as good as and no better than that of the conformists.

Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.

One good turne asketh another.

The twenty-first century is, and will remain, the Age of Insecurity.

Chopsticks or no chopsticks, it was the Chinese who first used knives and forks.

For every language that becomes extinct, an image of man disappears.

I know I'm not a woman's fantasy man; I don't have to uphold this image of male beauty, so that's kind of a relief in a way.

An adventure is never an adventure while it's happening. Challenging experiences need time to ferment, and adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquillity.