We labor to make a house a home, then every time we're expecting visitors, we rush to turn it back into a house.

In childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking out. In memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking in.

Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life; all other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it.

You can awaken each day to obligations you never chose — or you can decide now to choose them.

A rule that cannot be bent will certainly be broken.

One can only imagine how effective justice might be if admissible in a court of law.

Sometimes, perhaps, we are allowed to get lost that we may find the right person to ask directions of.