I wish I had a dollar for every hour I've spent in the library, " he always says. I have to agree- we'd probably never have to worry about money again.

Fate has given you a chance of stepping out of your comfort zone. Take the trip. (Aunt Eve talking to Febronia)

For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes.

Greatness, whether athletic or otherwise, doesn’t come from those content on just being but from those who seek being the difference.

Imagination cannot make fools wise, but it makes them happy, as against reason, which only makes its friends wretched: one covers them with glory, the other with shame.

God would behold in you a simplicity which will contain so much the more of His wisdom as it contains less of your own.

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

I don't feel like myself unless I run. It's how I deal with sadness and happiness. I need it. It's like therapy.

The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we do not know, our knowledge of our ignorance

Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.

When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for?