All intimacies are based on differences.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

Introspect. Dive deep into your own Life and think . . .. Think . . . “How have I lived?” “How can I make my Life better?

You are the only one that is responsible for loving your life unconditionally, no matter the level of its flaws.

We tend not to look at the bigger picture of our lives and instead dwell on the small things that irritate us. When we focus on the bigger picture, those small things fade away.

Some like to sleep. Some like to read late into the night without catching a wink. In a world of dreamers, both are essential.

Brown bird welcomes white wave. Wander no more, dear traveler.

All gods are one God, and all goddesses are one Goddess, and there is one Initiator.

My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and don't make a big deal out of it. Just try to help people as much as you can.

All things in the natural world symbolize God, yet none of them speak of Him but in broken and imperfect words.

I can't walk by chocolate without eating it.

I know that living with me was not a bowl of cherries.