“True happiness is not money in the bank or a fancy home-it's a forgiving heart filled with love and gratitude”

“Don't let anyone control how much, and who you give to-people have a way of spending your money”

“It doesn't matter how much money we have or how much we own here on Earth-we have to die and leave it all-that's the plain truth”

“True giving is not what goes on when the cameras are rolling-but what goes on in the heart.”

“He fell in love with her house and land,He fell in love with her pension plan,He worked his way to her lonely heart,He was quite wily from the very start.”

“Basic steps when giving:-Don't give to receive-Don't give to impress-No cameras-Include your heart”

“Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss?”

“It turns out that knitting isn't about the yarn or the softness or needing a hat (although we really can't argue with these secondary motivators). It's really about this: Knitting is a magic trick....”

“I sat down and knitted for some time - my usual resource under discouraging circumstances.”

“If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.”

“It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take any notice of his song except his fellow human beings. This is true even if his song is surpassingly beautiful. ...”

“Magic or nature, they were much the same thing to Magnus.”