Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.

When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

No amount of service we do can impress God, only our service to ordinary people can

It’s one of the things I love about the sea, the way you can see weather afar. It’s like looking at the future.

I am speaking like a book, but I believe that what I am saying is true.

I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.

Even if we try to see people in our lives accurately, it is distorted by our own wants and prejudices and experiences.

Our praying, to be strong, must be buttressed by holy living. The life of faith perfects the prayer of faith.

I'm representing women in a cool way

Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia.

First get rid of the delusion "I am the body," then only will we want real knowledge.

I had such a good time doing that movie [Sister Act 2]. My daughter's in that movie. It was a fun film to do. And it shocked a lot of people, because they loved it, and they take it with them.