I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Without the capacity to provide its own information, the mind drifts into randomness.
In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?
It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.
I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.
It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Dance is the hidden language of the soul.
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.