A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

Quote by Doris Lessing

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What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...

Small things amuse small minds.

Small things amuse small minds.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being...

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being...

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it...

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it...

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of...

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...