Fortune is like a widow won,And truckles to the bold alone.

Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail!Rejoic'd I see thy purple mantle spreadO'er half the skies, gems pave thy radiant way,And orient pearls from ev'ry shrub depend.

For the next inn he spurs amain, In haste alights, and skuds away, But time and tide for no man stay.

Let all the learned say what they can, 'tis ready money makes the man.

The bird That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings.

I was on the far side of the dream.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.

The trick to keeping your meditation practice alive, not simply consistent but wonderful, is you need to bring a certain will or force into every meditation.

I think situations are more important than plot and character.

You can paint your soul with any medium.

One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

Just because you believe it doesn't make it so.

Once the will is resolved, one's spirit is strengthened. Even a peasant's will is hard to deny, but a samurai of resolute will can sway ten thou­sand men.