From dust thou art to dust returneth, was not spoken of the soul.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Every time your work is read, you die several deaths for every word, and poetry is like being flayed alive.

If it wasn't for the fun and money, I really don't know why I'd bother.

There's nothing better than a 200 lb snatch, if you know what I mean.

He particularly liked about making students safe for ideas, not ideas safe for students.

These people who build houses with 13 bathrooms and so on, there's something wrong with them.

My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.

perhaps there's no sharper spur to meditation than answered prayer.

I do have a stylist who helps me shop, because I don't have time to shop.

People have said to me, 'You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument.' But I've got 10 gold records.