I came to the place of my birth and cried: "The friends of my youth, where are they?"--and an echo answered, "Where are they?

I lived to write, and wrote to live.

Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.

Long on the wave reflected lustres of play.

Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire, As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.

Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.

Man to the last is but a froward child; So eager for the future, come what may, And to the present so insensible.

Gentle to others, to himself severe.

To know her was to love her.

Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.

When a new book is published, read an old one.

Don't make all of your sadness to be a miserable tragedy, Just forget it with your conscious heart and clear mind.

I didn't know what architecture was except that I lived in a house. I don't even think that I knew the word for a long time. My dad funneled me into engineering because it was his background.

The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.

About Newton: Nature to him was an open book, whose letters he could read without effort.

Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.

Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family back-ground; they are measured by the size of their thinking.

I take it very seriously when I take the pulpit. That I'm representing God.

I don't know what the outcome will be. I put a couple away for my grandkids, like that. So I don't know, who knows? Maybe I'll start building guitars for a living.

Theories are just disposable tools in the production of knowledge