Hark to that shrill, sudden shout, The cry of an applauding multitude, Swayed by some loud-voiced orator who wields The living mass as if he were its soul!

The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows.

Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.

The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep to-night.

It is said to be the manner of hypochondriacs to change often their physician.

These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end.

But 'neath yon crimson tree Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her blush of maiden shame.

Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.

There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night; And grief may hide an evening guest, But joy shall come with early light.

The groves were God's first temples.

To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language.

Magician is the best storyteller in the world.

Dogs have hair. Cats, fur.Dogs whine, yip, howl, bark. Cats purrr.I say: No contest.

We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity speak to Him frankly and plainly and implore His assistance in our affairs.

I hate it when they tell us how far we've came to be; as if our people's history started with slavery.

Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining.

I want to live in a world where 'normal' is an insult.

If people were possessed by reason, running marathons would never work. But we are not creatures of reason. We are creatures of passion.

How many days have I spent alone with my cat... and when I say alone, I mean without a material being, for my cat is a mystical companion, a spirit.

I think we will become disenchanted with the glamour of globalization.

When people talk about how in America, anybody can grow up to be President, I'm not sure George Bush is exactly what they had in mind.