A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Take forgiveness slowly. Don't blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.

A person without imagination is like a teabag without hot water.

The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.

My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

Exuberance is beauty.

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.