Glorious the song, when God's the theme.

For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.

There is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion.

For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.

Sweet the young muse with love intense, Which smiles o'er sleeping innocence.

For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.

Thomas Gray walks as if he had fouled his small- clothes and looks as if he smelt it.

And now the matchless deed's achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done.

Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk.

For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls.

Too hard for any frog's digestion,To have his froghood call'd in question!

Small Acts of Kindness are Priceless

Like honey is the sleep of the just.

True love is hard to find." - Malcolm Fade

That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The 'situation' is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

My commitment is not to consistency but to the Truth.

He who is still laughing is he who hasn't heard the terrible news.

The activity of being a husband, a father - those are roles, too, but underneath them is the spiritual center that connects us all, and that's what's most important.

That is the ultimate synthesis - when Zorba becomes a Buddha. I am trying to create here not Zorba the Greek but Zorba the Buddha.

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.