“Any Advance in wisdom requires a good dose of shamelessness. Intimacy”

“But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.”

“The trip is to play your part in the play knowing all along that you are not the one playing the part. That requires a good dose of faith and another dose of exquisite humor – sort of like looking in the mirror. Who is that?”

“My day had already had a good dose of bitterness, and I preferred to keep it from getting any sadder.”

“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.”

“Edward Ferrars was not recommended to their good opinion by any peculiar graces of person or address. He was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing. He was too diffident to do justice to himself; but when his natural shyness was overcome, his behaviour gave every indication of an open, affectionate heart.”