In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.

Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.

Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.

Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men's heads.

I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

When it all comes together, it is oddly beautiful and it makes sense.

Meditation is not a religion but a scientific way to enhance the concentration power of the mind.

By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing, kill yourself.

Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.

The real primary diseases of man are such defects as pride, cruelty, hate, self- love, ignorance, instability and greed; and each of these, if considered, will be found to be adverse to Unity.

The state of my poor boy's health prevents me from leaving home for a night.

A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy. And ummm, yes, I feel a huge emotional attachment to England.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.