But now, you are twain, you are cloven apart Flesh of his flesh, but heart of my heart.

Heart's ease of pansy, pleasure or thought, Which would the picture give us of these? Surely the heart that conceived it sought Heart's ease.

Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.

Today will die tomorrow.

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

I remember the way we parted, The day and the way we met; You hoped we were both broken-hearted And knew we should both forget.

The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog.

A little soul scarce fledged for earth Takes wing with heaven again for goal, Even while we hailed as fresh from birth A little soul.

When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.

Love, as is told by the seers of old, Comes as a butterfly tipped with gold, Flutters and flies in sunlit skies, Weaving round hearts that were one time cold.

His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.

If you bungle raising children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

...the ratings agencies' problem was in being unable or uninterested in appreciating the distinction between risk and uncertainty.

People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them.

The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other.

Even if I make a gospel album, my gospel songs are going to get you dancing and crunk.

Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral.

What would possess a family where's there's a husband and wife to want 12 kids or 18 kids? That's just what they feel is meaningful to them. Their family. Expanding a family.

For the state of our union to be strong, we need to place value in Americans.

When you operate from the Higher Self, you feel centered and abundant?in fact, overflowing. When you experience this abundance, your fears automatically disappear.

If you don't have courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues.