“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air.”

“It is not against reason, said the Englishman, to prefer the destruction of the world to a scratch on your finger how much easier to understand the same price for the gash in your soul.”

“Self-pity, while it should be accorded due respect, is the greatest of all acids to the human soul.”

“The heart of a man is a small thing but it desires great matters. It is not big enough for a dogs dinner but the whole world is not big enough for it. Man spares nothing that lives; he kills to fee...”

“We are all cynics now, I suppose, and even a mewling infant knows that to save a life is to make an eternal enemy.”

“Feeling sorry for yourself is a universal solvent of salvation.”

“Only super-efforts count.”

“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”

“That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer under...”

“What would behoove me to instantly declare God not to be God unless He followed my script in some tediously exacting manner? I must confess that I am less likely to believe that its a matter of som...”

“What in the world would ever lead to me believe that life is a series of opportunities that are readily available to everyone else but me? What really leads me to believe such an atrocious lie is t...”

“To look beyond our horizons is to acknowledge that weve hemmed ourselves in by creating them in the first place.”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”