Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Sometimes in life you have to make difficult choices. The best time to make those choices is before you're confronted with them.

What you don't sweat out when you're young will turn into tears when you're old.

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.

I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.

You want to hear vocals? Go sing it.

By creating explicit occasions to invite dissenting viewpoints on a new project, strategy or policy, leaders enable employees to feel that their questions are welcomed and appreciated.

To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.

Though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away.

I've been very fortunate. I feel very thankful. I've been able to come home and do some fun things and make it exciting for people here at home

A poem is a verbal artifact which must be as skillfully and solidly constructed as a table or a motorcycle.