A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn." (1872)

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

To love beauty is to see light.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

The best way to encourage your children is to let them know you are praying for them.

Sometimes the darkness lives inside you, and sometimes it wins.

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

If you can't trust your coke dealer, who can you trust?

Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.

It doesn't matter who wins if I don't. I only care if I win. I'm jealous of anyone else who wins.

Oprah Winfrey is so powerful that she had the Rapture postponed until after her final show airs.

I hope you find what you’re looking for,” Micah said. “I’ve already stopped looking,” Damon said quietly. “It’s kind of hard to look for something you’ve stopped believing in.

We must redefine the American Dream before we rebuild the infrastructure on which it is based.

Do not develop jealousy, hatred or envy on any count.