Anthony Doerr Quote

Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.

Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a home. Let the silence rise from unwatered graves and craters left by bomb...

To be a leader, take action and be an example. To be an adviser, be wise.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

You may delay, but time will not.

The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness and contentment that fills the soul even in the midst of the...

The single greatest cause of happiness is gratitude.

We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us.

My mom told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't get too anxious about it.

He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god.