Blessings star forth forever; but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Surely the stars are images of love.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

In New York, everything was permissible. No one cared what you wore, how you looked. Only you cared about those things. And if they didn’t worry you, then they didn’t matter.

The customer is a remarkably selfish person: He takes the relationship to where the execution is in his favor.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Though we cannot experience our life as an endless present, we are eternal in God's eyes; that is, in our deepest reality.

My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And, you know, he had a very good life. He came to America and he had a good life.

What's the legacy of President Obama? I think this is just another, another example of passing the buck. It never stops at the White House.

Self-empathy in NVC means checking in with your own feelings and needs.

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.

brb, ttyl ok? wow, i saved a 'ton' of time with those acronyms.