I only know that it was, and ceased to be; and that I have written, and there I leave it.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

I am a writer. Therefore. I am not sane.

Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct.

Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree.

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.

Just broke up with somebody. Well, it wasn't really a break up, it was a booty call I might have took too serious.

My Daddy was left-handed, and I was left-handed when I was little. In fact, I was left-handed all the way to high school. Then I switched over to right-handed cause I wanted to play shortstop.

Love is madness, if thwarted it develops fast.

Giving to God should come from the firstfruits of a person's labor rather than from what is left after the bills are paid.

I am a lover like no lover has ever loved before!

It is as if I can see my body in front of me.