Jurists say that a capital crime submerges all lesser crimes; and so it is with faith. Its absurdity makes all petty difficultiesvanish.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

The ordinary people of Africa tended not to have room in their hearts for hatred. They were sometimes foolish, like people anywhere, but they did not bear grudges, as Mr Mandela had shown the world.

Learn from the past, but don’t live in the past.

He understood then that neither time nor distance had lessened his love for her.But was love that made him ache with suffering truly worth fighting for?

Youth is an unrecoverable asset. Unless you are a hydra, lucky you.

Writing is communication, and you don't know how you're doing until you put it in front of someone else's eyes. You also learn from critiquing other writers' work.

It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Motherhood so often comes in conflict with women's capacity to express and live their own lives.

Everybody is not going to be squeaky clean.

It is impossible to translate poetry. Can you translate music?