A little rain will fill The lily's cup which hardly moistens the field.

There is no caste in blood.

Almond blossom, sent to teach us That the spring days soon will reach us.

No power on earth compares to a mother's tender prayers.

Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor's love wrought in living stones.

Pity and need Make all flesh kin. There in no caste in blood.

One can be a soldier without dying and a lover without sighing.

Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes hiw own prison.

Sweetest smile is made saddest tear-drop!

The royal kingcup bold Dares not don his coat of gold.

Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light.

The light within us dances when we smile.

The best thing you can wear is self confidence.

There's always this sound out there that's just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going.

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

As you gain control of the mind, you gain control of life and you gain control of your time. It all works together.

Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your writing will have the force of a Wiffle ball.

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.

To keep your resolve, surround yourself with those who want you to succeed. The brain cannot do its job of protecting the body without contact with other people.

The key is that Jesus does want to speak to us-to you-today. In your own language, just as a friend would speak. We simply need to take the time to listen.

I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.