You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom

The way to do much in a short time is to love much. People will do great things if they are stirred with enthusiasm and love.

It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.

It is not so much what we say or do that educates; what really educates is who we are.

I wish that Christmas may be happy and heavenly, and the holidays glow with the gifts of the inner life that God will give to each one.

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

Isn't it wonderful that two of the most sacred and symbolic plants, the olive and the vine, live on almost nothing, a terrace of limestone, sun and rain.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

Every friendship with God and every love between Him and a soul is the only one of its kind.

We must never try to escape the obligation of living at our best.

I’ve become your heartbeat making you mine Upon every kiss of passion our souls shine

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Soon we could barely recognize them. They were taller than we were, and heavier. They were loud beyond belief. I feel like a duck that's hatched goose's eggs.

Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the tree.

When...we, as individuals, obey laws that direct us to behave for the welfare of the community as a whole, we are indirectly helping to promote the pursuit of happiness by our fellow human beings.

Convenience is not an acceptable foundational value for society. It’s a disease.

Sooner or later everyone was driven to love someone they could never have.

Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.

Sometimes I make stuff, and even I don't like it. There's something about it that I don't really like, or annoys me. For whatever reason it needs to come out.

I have lived a great life. I am very happy.