For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather.

In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.

Hurt no living thing: Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing.

Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.

Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.

We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit.

Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep.

What is the beginning? Love. What is the course. Love still. What the goal. The goal is love.

Silence is more musical than any song.

Here is our rapin' cave. It's not much of a cave... and we haven't done much rapin'... but man, we've had some good times.

Are you good men and true?

Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.

I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.

I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me, but the room just filled up with mosquitoes.

What's the problem with 'never?' It keeps you from trying. It ensures that you will fail. End of story.

In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing.

Death is not big thing, what is important is God's service.

While one is asleep one cannot do anything that is good. Virtue is impossible in unconsciousness, only sin is possible. Unconsciousness is the source of sin.

Your values are your current estimations of truth. They represent your answer to the question of how to live.