Christ beats his drum, but he does not press men; Christ is served with voluntaries.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Good friends will allow you to be as innocent and free as a child when in private, and as wise and mature as an adult when in public.

Is everyone who lives in Ignorance like you?" asked Milo."Much worse, " he said longingly. "But I don't live here. I'm from a place very far away called Context.

Her heart fluttered. It had only been a few hours, but it felt like a lifetime since she saw him last. She seriously felt addicted to that boy.

I'll tell you one thing for sure: once you get to the point where you're actually doing things for truth's sake, then nobody can ever touch you again because you're harmonizing with a greater power.

Remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?

I think America, really, is over.

My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent more time being slowly and excruciatingly bored by children than any other section of the human race.

Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.

It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background.

Every person in the organization must change inside their hearts and minds, so that they themselves become principle centred.