Hour of nostalgia, hour of happiness, hour of solitude.

He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.

If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life

Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.

In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said.

To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

Every day you play with the light of the universe.

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.

If each day falls inside each night, there exists a well where clarity is imprisoned. We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience.

There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.

Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.

All the shy people are doomed! Natural selection favors the loud and the aggressive

Over the past 40 years, the tradition of Southern progressivism has been somewhat successfully erased by right-wing revisionist historians.

A wish is a desire without energy

What you are thinking now is creating your future life.

Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve.

There are truths of which I have an inkling, but of most I have only a pencilling

They wanted to wait, to improve, to get better, when he's already a world champion. And that's a mistake. That's a chicken attitude.