The way we see the world is not actually the world in itself. What we see is our idea of it. The truth is, we have no notion of what the world is other than through the veils of our perception.

Animism is a monist metaphysical stance, based upon the idea that mind and matter are not distinct and separate substances but an integrated reality, rooted in nature.

There are no facts, only stories.

All that is obvious detracts completely from all that is not.

Do you know when you may concede your insignificance? Before God or, perhaps, before the intellect, beauty, or nature, but not before people. Among people, one must be conscious of one's dignity.

They say change gets more difficult as we get older - each year we're more stuck in our ways, more reluctant to learn something new.

It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.

A woman is a foreign land.

I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.

Home is a place in the mind. When it is empty, it frets. It is fretful with memory, faces and places and times gone by. Beloved images rise up in disobedience and make a mirror for emptiness.

Art is the free expression of the artist and they tried to stop us from expressing ourselves, our art.

God pours out love upon all with a lavish hand -- but He reserves vengeance for His very own.

Of persons I will say this: it is difficult to tell when they are running aright but easy to see when something has gone awry.

I want to stay involved in athletics; I want to encourage kids to take part and try to grow the sport.