“Catching fish is secondary to the immeasurable joys of the watery world.”

“Seek a slower, simpler life.”

“Be seasonal, ethical and gentle.”

“Im likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight.”

“Friends can create our most cherished memories.”

“Have a dream in your head and a fire in your heart.”

“If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.”

“I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prov...”

“Not everything you're good at is what you're called to do.”

“As some people turned to religion for comfort, so, Highsmith wrote in her notebook in September 1970, she took refuge in her belief that she was making progress as a writer. But she realised that b...”

“Its important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your min...”

“Reason, Observation and Experience the Holy Trinity of Science have taught us that happiness is the only good; that the time to be happy is now, and the way to be happy is to make others so. This...”

“Be an Encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encou...”

“Words can hurt, but words can also inspire.”

“And if we burn, you burn with us.”