A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper. Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White
Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it. Frances Hodgson Burnett
Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Frances Hodgson Burnett
At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done--then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago. Frances Hodgson Burnett
It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. Oscar Wilde
According to this law [the law of Dharma], you have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it. There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world--and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs. When these needs are matched with the creative expression of your talent, that is the spark that creates affluence. Expressing your talents to fulfill needs creates unlimited wealth and abundance. Deepak Chopra
The Ego is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear. Deepak Chopra
When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself. Deepak Chopra
If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For the rest: my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those I once so desperately wished to be. Evelyn Waugh
Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all. Evelyn Waugh
There is still, I think, not enough recognition by teachers of the fact that the desire to think (...) must be induced before the power is developed. Most people, whether men or women, wish above all else to be comfortable, and thought is a pre-eminently uncomfortable process. Vera Brittain
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write. William Makepeace Thackeray
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied? William Makepeace Thackeray
Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting. William Makepeace Thackeray
The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less. Annie Dillard
