I love not man the less, but Nature more.

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.

Keedwell cites a study of depression in the Netherlands that found that most people coped better with adversity after experiencing depression.

I'm not here to change the world, just your perception of it.

To know what has to be done then do it comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.

Brave men are all vertebrates they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop

That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.

If coincidences are just coincidences, why do they feel so contrived?

I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

States Rights died at Appomattox.

When things get difficult it can be easy to complain. How you respond makes all the difference