If you would hit the mark you must aim a little above it: Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

So I don’t think I’ll make Poet Laureate, but I swear I’m not twisted and bitter, If finely-wrought talentsdon’t weigh in the balance, I can always write haiku on Twitter.

Somewhere between right and wrong lies a garden surrounded by thorns, and I have met you there.

Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.

Music is organized sound.

The assumption of perfect knowledge is very far from reality ... a lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional.

There probably is a God. Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

A lot of the reason my look is the way it is, is because it's really easy to put on a sundress every night if I have to perform - or just wear jeans every day and a flannel or something.

It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains.

Perhaps it is a human thing, to look upon such beauty and fail to encompass it.