For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

O, do not pray for easy lives.

This is only a work of fiction, The Truth as always will be far stranger

A love so true, so consuming, so good.

As in the case of wines that improve with age the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people.

Did you ever feel like the whole world was going to a party and your invitation got lost in the mail?

When I finally write the first sentence, I want to know everything that happens, so that I am not inventing the story as I write it - rather, I am remembering a story that has already happened.

Learn diligence before speedy execution.

But you've changed,' I whisper. 'Haven't you?' It is the scorpian's nature to sting. Just because he has no opportunity doesn't mean that he cannot.

A defeated nation is always explaining itself. That's why the best storytellers are always from vanquished nations.