American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.

How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.

Hope is a willing slave; despair is free.

Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; 'Tis not the richest plant that holds The sweetest fragrance in.

I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the Senate at the end.

For me--I hold no commerce with despair!

...writing is not a performance but a generosity.

It's absurd how crazy love can make you......but even more absurd how stupid jealousy can make you!

I may not know who I am, but I know where I am from.

When neurons “talk” to each other clearly, our brain is able to make sense of our lives. We make our wisest decisions when there is nothing obstructing these lines of communication.

We cannot inherit a fixed, unmoving view of life and of art from the past generation.

True poetry, like the religious prompting itself, springs from the emotional side of a man's complex nature, and is ever in harmony with his highest intuitions and aspirations.

Moira was like an elevator with open sides. She made us dizzy.

Brotherhood doesn't come in a package. It is not a commodity to be taken down from the shelf with one hand - it is an accomplishment of soul-searching, prayer and perseverance.

What makes a nation in the beginning is a good piece of geography.

Unlike art, the consumption of fashion is not based primarily on knowledge or education but functions through visual awareness, a type of sensuality and perception of the corporeal self.