For my own private satisfaction, I had rather be master of my own time than wear a diadem.
If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
I use color in a completely arbitrary way in order to express myself powerfully.
I never get tired of the blue sky.
Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.
At times it is not easy for me to take up living again.
What you gain in internal knowledge goes from one lifetime to another. It is not wasted. Unlike those stone edifices that will fade, your internal knowledge will stay with you from one incarnation to another.
The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.
Beatrix puts a distance between herself and the rest of the world. She’s very engaging, but also quite private in nature. I see the same qualities in Captain Phelan. ” “Yes,” Amelia said. “You’re absolutely right, Catherine. Put that way, the match does seem more appropriate. ” “I still have reservations,” Leo said. “You always do,” Amelia replied. “If you’ll recall, you objected to Cam in the beginning, but now you’ve accepted him. ” “That’s because the more brothers-in-law I acquire,” Leo said, “the better Cam looks by comparison.
. . . the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as well.