All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

When you share my heart. You share my love.

Two forces create eternity – a fairy tale and a dream from the fairy tale.

Don’t sanctuaries become prisons, and vice versa, foremost in the mind?

I'm falling apart, one part after another. Falling down on the world like snow. Half of me is already on the ground, watching from below.

I knew how you liked long tales, " he said, giving her a wink. "There's sure to be plenty of those.""In Gaelic, " she said."All the better for learning it.

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make.

True love bears all, endures all and triumphs!

The multiplier effect is a major feature of networks and flows. It arises regardless of the particular nature of the resource, be it goods, money, or messages.

Tread softly for you tread on my dreams. -Honor,from the Summer King.

No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe.