Life is a question asked by God about the way he exists.
Good poets borrow, great poets steal
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.
If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.
Combat isn't where you might die -- though that does happen -- it's where you find out whether you get to keep on living. Don't underestimate the power of that revelation. Don't underestimate the things young men will wager in order to play that game one more time.
A family is a mystery.
I must play the instrument I've got.
The reason you have what you have is because that is what you have decided to settle for right now. Change your mind, change your life.