I get very weird and defensive about what I'm working on - I wouldn't even tell my secretary what the next page of my novel was about.
It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory.
If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
How does light enter a house? If the windows are open. How does light enter a human? If the door of love is open.
All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into a victory. The pain of defeat is bitter to him; he suffers at indifference and becomes desperate with loneliness. After all this has passed, he licks his wounds and begins everything anew. A warrior knows that war is made of many battles: he goes on
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land.
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources - The Bible, Homer, Shakespeare. . . . The Bible before the Iliad, the Iliad before Shakespeare.