I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my mind off things.
The ring of a false coin is not more recognizable than that of a rhyme setting forth a false sorrow.
A man is known by the company his mind keeps.
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.
The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for murder, but he would willingly have anyone electrocuted who disagreed with him on the subject.
True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.
There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land
This is deathless: the liberation of the mind through lack of clinging.
There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge.
We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.