Thomas Traherne

More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.

Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.