Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.

Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.

Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.

The world was hers for the reading.

There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky.

In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.

It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good too. It fattens the emotions and makes them to stretch.

People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.

From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood.

Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life...And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.

As I go under, I wonder if there’s a reason for art?

I do not... look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine... I am... femi-none.

An alcoholic will steal your wallet and lie to you. A drug addict will steal your wallet and then help you look for it.

Wouldn't it be great if all of Osama bin Laden's money was tied up in Enron stock?

How can we hope to retain our freedom through the generations if we fail to teach our young that our liberty springs from an abiding faith in our Creator?

You can put these things into the hands of some Chinese and send him to Hong Kong and we'll have cleared chinks.

The quest for glory can never be satisfied, it must be extinguished.

Liberalism is essentially the belief that there can be a reconciliation of all difficulties and differences, and since there can't, it is a misleading way to approach politics.

What if the house catches fire?” “Roast marshmallows. And if it floods, you’ll go down with the ship. If there’s a tornado, I’ll meet both you and this house in Oz, after my shift. Got it?

In order to get to the other side of the shore, you have to lose sight of this one!