The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it's the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core.

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul.

Go where we may, rest where we will, Eternal London haunts us still.

If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.

True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.

You touched my heart...ever so softlyand I realizedtears had never been...merely saltand the rainOh the Rain!had never been merely water.

Elie Wiesel says that neutrality only helps the oppressor, never the victim. And I think you can apply that to journalism.

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.

I am I because my little dog knows me.

I don't think anyone is free

Kindness is a language herd by deaf men and felt by blind men.

Your life sparks fires from within your innermost temple. No one can reach there but you, it is your inner sanctum. You are your own master there, only you can reach and ignite the fire.

I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we're not perfect and live accordingly.