No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Prayer opens our lives for God so his will can be done in and through us, because in true prayer we habitually put ourselves into the attitude of willingness to do whatever God wills.

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

Always take a job that is too big for you.

Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced.

The happiest is he who suffers the least pain the most miserable he who enjoys the least pleasure.

Praise and glory to God for whom nothing is too hard

I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings.

Remember when you were considered an environmentalist when you didn't throw junk out the car window? I sure do miss that simpler, happier time.

I'm obviously not orthodox, I don't know how many real poets have ever been orthodox.

In the great non zero sum games of history, if you're part of the problem, then you'll likely be a victim of the solution.

Home joys are blessed of heaven.

You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine