Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows.

Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning.

The furnace which melts gold, also hardens clay. Before blaming thy fate, therefore, find whether thou art gold or clay.

Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint.

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

Enlightenment arrives like a thief in the middle of the dark night of the soul.

You and me, we look out for each other. But I will take care of you a little extra, because I am your person, and you will always be my special horse.

Right and wrong can be like bloody snakes: so tangled up that you can't tell which is which until you've shot 'em both, and then it's too late.

Growing up at my grandmother's table, she always had rice. She might do something as exotic as potatoes or spaghetti, but there was still always rice, just in case you needed a little rice fix.

One keeps healthy in wartime...by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part.

Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.

We climbers have much to learn from the training done in conventional sports.

What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.

Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the truly passionate painter who dares-and who has once broken the spell of 'you can't.'

Exercise humility and restraint.