I cannot describe to you the despairing sensation of trying to do something for a man who seems incapable or unwilling to do anything further for himself.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.

Hacks and attacks happen. Safety Netiquette helps. Periodic account reconciliation is required. Check.

I'm a multi-faceted human being.

Genres aren't that relevant. Nearly every form of music is a melting pot of things of things.

I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.

We have some concerns if student financial aid is not keeping pace, and college costs continue to outstrip inflation.

My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.

It's always interesting to see a director trying different things, and on top of it, doing it right each and almost every time.

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.