When we have great treasures before us, we can never see them.

There was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.

At that moment, it seemed to him that time stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within him. When he looked into her dark eyes, and saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke — the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love. Something older than humanity, more ancient than the desert. Something that exerted the same force whenever two pairs of eyes met, as had theirs here at the well.

Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon: you will be surprised how often you get it

Retiring and discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life and dying a few years out of sheer boredom.

When you choose your attitude toward life, you can affect reality by making it better for you

I've discovered my vocation. I want to be a writer.