Grief is itself a medicine.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the book's outside, who ne'er look'd within?

God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.

Adversity tries You Before it tries the rest

In the moment I faced dying, I finally knew my reason for living.

I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with.

I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism.

I've lived in many things - boats, caravans, and buses. I've been homeless, I've had no money: everything. But I believe in magic, and having a vision. The tough times made me a warrior. I work hard.

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker

I am awakened each dawn Increasingly to fear.

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

In indie rock, there's the phenomenon of: "Oh, this guy seems totally normal, but he's actually crazy." There's more of that out there than you'd think.