Men's private self-worlds are rather like our geographical world's seasons, storm, and sun, deserts, oases, mountains and abysses, the endless-seemin….

Kissing tends to bring on woolgathering, even amnesia..

Most of us forget to take time for wonder, praise and gratitude until it is almost too late. Gratitude is a many-colored quality, reaching in all dir….

Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees..

Faith is the spiritual house in which we live..

We may differ widely in environments, education, learning, knowledge, or lack of it, and in our personalities, our likes and dislikes. But if we set ….

the one universal form of art is music..

I have learned over a period of time to be almost unconsciously grateful--as a child is--for a sunny day, blue water, flowers in a vase, a tree turni….

Gratitude is a humble emotion. It expresses itself in a thousand ways, from a sincere thank you to friend or stranger, to the mute, up-reaching ackno….

Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad..

I've always thought that the most perfect fate which could befall any woman would be to be born a rich widow..

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness..

I think one should forgive and remember .... If you forgive and forget in the usual sense, you're just driving what you remember into the subconsciou….

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations..

The shadow of fear and uncertainty lies over most of us; for us the future seems far from being as clear and open as we believed it would be..

Every generation proclaims that each must lead his own life, but seldom grants the subsequent generation the right to lead theirs..

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you ….

One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you..

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence..

There's nothing like fishing to pass the time and to incline toward a sort of magnificent stupidity in which nothing matters but tackle, bait, sunlig….

In my belief, a harvest is also a legacy, for very often what you reap is, in the way of small miracles, more than you consciously know you have sown..