I have lived life long enough to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered

O fateful flower beside the rill- The Daffodil, the daffodil!

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries.

Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes! they turn, like marigolds, toward the sunny side.

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

Crowds of bees are giddy with clover Crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet, Crowds of larks at their matins hang over, Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet.

Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.

And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.

Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.

The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.

What, in all very seriousness, the hell was going on?

Family life is the source of the greatest human happiness.

It's not a morbid thing, but I think I've never been afraid of death, which is maybe why I love writing about it.

I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.

The habit of excellence can become enjoyably addictive.

You have friends and one of them is your best friend. And now, make the nature as your second best friend and spend time often with it!

How do you make a girl know she's beautiful? What is the system for that, what do you show her, how do you give her a new set of eyes and turn her face back to the mirror?

Disease may also be thought of as the negation of the normal.