Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.