In commitment, we dash the hopes of a thousand potential selves.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Peace is not the absence of war—peace is the absence of fear.

There are mystical, unbreakable bonds between all members of the natural world including humans and animals. Whether or not we remember or acknowledge this relatedness, it still exists.

God gave me life to continue to do things that I would never have done.

There is an explosion of information happening, yet people demand quick access to relevant content that cuts through the clutter.

There is only one China. Taiwan is not independent. It does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation.

The human body is a machine that winds up its own springs: it is a living image of the perpetual motion.

All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.

I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm.

More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.

Four!" I call out. Why am I calling a number? Oh yes. Because that's his name. — Tris.