Quotes from Books

Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important function.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The blood jet is poetry, and there is no stopping it.

I am a lens, a moon, a mirror.

Is there no way out of the mind?

Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

I don’t have to be a chef to know that my life has been a series of misadventures.

I was a cook. And I was a damn good one.

When you’re in the kitchen, you’re in the zone, there’s nothing else.

The first law of thermodynamics is that you cannot win.

The mind is a palace, and the books are the treasures within.

To be human is to be aware of one's own limitations.

The end is nigh, but the world will not end without a good laugh.

It's not the heat, it's the humility.

The nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, are not to be taken lightly.

The world is full of people who think they are in charge.

It may help to think of it as a very big game of chess.

The Apocalypse is not something that happens; it's just a word we use for the end of the world.

The future of food is not just what we eat, but how we grow it.

If we’re going to be serious about saving the planet, we’ve got to rethink our relationship with food.

Eating locally is not just a trend; it's a return to our roots.

You can’t be neutral on a moving train.

History is not just what happened, but how it is remembered.

What we have to do is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and our differences.

The history of the United States is not just the history of the powerful.

Effective executives do not make a great deal of noise.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes.

The Zahir is a reminder that love is about freedom, not possession.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

People who feel good about themselves produce good results.

The only thing I ever wanted to do was to be a good father.

You can choose what you do, but you can't choose what you want.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

Courage, dear heart.

Aslan is a lion—the Lion, the great Lion.

Once a king or queen in Narnia, always a king or queen.

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to be happy.

The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.

The investor's chief problem - and even his worst enemy - is likely to be himself.

In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine.

Investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

The challenge is not to suppress anger, but to express it constructively.

Women often feel pressured to be nice, even at the cost of their own feelings.

The world was a big, wonderful place, full of possibilities.

There are always people who are going to be better than you. That's life.

The tree that grows in Brooklyn is a symbol of hope and resilience.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.

Is there no way out of the mind?

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.

The community of faith is a gift of God, and it is a privilege to live in it.

The man who is alone with his sin is utterly alone.

Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ.

Success is the result of good judgment, good judgment is the result of experience, and experience is often the result of bad judgment.

You must take action before you can receive any reward.

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

The best way to be happy is to make someone else happy.

Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer.

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes.

Great vision without great people is irrelevant.

The most enduring companies are those that are built to last.

Success is not about being the best; it's about being better than you were yesterday.

In the end, you're not just a story. You're a person.

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.

You’re not a monster. You’re a person.

The investor's chief problem—and even his worst enemy—is likely to be himself.

In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine.

Know what you own, and know why you own it.