As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent - that it does not have to be recognized by others.

Even if you think the Big Bang created the stars, don't you wonder who sent the flowers?

We are each of us born into the arms of mortality, the Lord recognizing our need to be held.

Eventually soulmates meet, for they have the same hiding place.

One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.

We envy others, for we see their lives in broad outline, while forced to live ours in every detail.

It is a perversely human perception that animals in their native habitat are running wild.