For men to tell how human life began Is hard; for who himself beginning knew?

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.

O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!

Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.

Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.

I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle.

Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries?

So that made me happy but the part that really made me happy was that you wanted me to be happy. That's what Thank you means.

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.

There is no laughter except that it is eventually followed up with weeping.

I think when we were starting off, I picked a group of women to represent me. The top tiers of everyone that I've worked with are women. It felt more comfortable because they can relate to me.

And I had not much of a voice. I didn't play that great guitar either.

Lack of understanding, along with outright anti-Christian prejudice, leads to journalistic amazement or horror at the supposed self-deception of those who do see a spiritual realm.

I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.

Treating myself is more about just going out and having a great hike, or going on a long motorbike ride.