Imust have a London audience.I could never preach, but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Be happy, not contented.

Friendship is communion.

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.

Diesel fuel is too important to our farmers at harvest time and to the truckers delivering commerce across Nebraska to allow a bureaucratic hurdle to slow the delivery of fuel.

There are some writers who feel they are elected by God. I am not. I am elected by the devil - this is clear.

For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows.

All illusion comes and goes, but the soul remains unchanged. What is meant by God-realization is to actually experience this important thing that the soul is eternal.

The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.

Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs.

You see people swimming, and you think, oh, how wonderful to swim. But most people stand on the edge swaying back and forth, afraid to jump. They don't think they can swim.