Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.
When you think about the period in which Agatha Christie's crime novels were written, they are actually quite edgy for the time.
It seems like such an amazing predicament to me, how one does not become a better person by seeking out in the world those who are lesser than himself and then saying, "I will be better than you becau...
But in real life things don't go smoothly. At certain points in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the person who knocks at our door is, more likely than not, a messenger bearing bad...
The world is moving at a slow pace. Each day I get up and I feel the world must have moved ahead far but, unfortunately, it remains at the same point each day.
So many people live life without knowing the life they are living. We must get a reasonable reason for living
There is only one limitation that exists in our minds, which can indeed reduce the speed of our progress; that is the limitation of our understanding
Always be grateful for life, love, and joy.
Some children were lucky enough to have their Potter novels banned by witch-hunting school boards and micromanaging ministers. Is there any greater job than a book you're not allowed to read, a book y...
Hospitality, as with all the mountain tribes, was - and is still - a most sacred duty; and the man who would slay a chance-met traveller without pity or remorse for the sake of trifling gain, would la...
Poor motivation and alertness cause complacency
It is necessary to analyze all the restricting beliefs and complexes, which we acquired in childhood, from family, school and society
Before you can ask 'Is Darwinian theory correct or not?', You have to ask the preliminary question 'Is it clear enough so that it could be correct?'. That's a very different question. One of my prevai...
Great hopes make everything great possible.
To adore one has to yearn.
Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive
In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!", May 10, 1886)
When a soothing wind blows gently love through the thistledown of expectations, hope may inveigle the future for timeless care and tenderness to be anchored in a bay of good luck. ("Happiness blowing...
I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.
I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.