I think it was very informative, but a lot still needs to be done.

He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.

If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life

Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.

In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said.

To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

Every day you play with the light of the universe.

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.

If each day falls inside each night, there exists a well where clarity is imprisoned. We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience.

Your actions will always be what the world sees, but people who choose to see through God's eyes will always have the compassion to understand why.

This is not the story of my marriage. I cannot tell that story: I cannot take hold of, or lay out for anyone, the many swamps and grasses and pockets of fresh air and dank air that have gone over us.

Set a goal and a program for yourself, and everything else will follow. Guaranteed.

I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent.

Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.

Financial education needs to become a part of our national curriculum and scoring systems so that it's not just the rich kids that learn about money.. it's all of us.

In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.

You don't need the fame to be vital.

Man reckons with immortality, and forgets to reckon with death.

Poetry is a means of redemption.