Life is what happens to us while we're planning something else.

It's almost as difficult to believe that someone with so many trials could harbor such hope, as that there are those with so much advantage who harbor such hopelessness.

Books are the most tolerant of friends.

The shackles of belief, when reinforced by fear, are difficult to break free from and rarely done.

Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it.

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

Man has left footprints on the moon but still hasn't walked on the ocean floor.