In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.

It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

We are all a part of every person we have ever met.

I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.

Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.

Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die.

if you don't concentrate on what you are doing then the thing that you are doing is not what you are thinking.

God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

If I were a character in one of my books, I'd be the optimistic one, believing the best and urging others to do the same.

The young man taught all he knew and more; The middle-aged man taught all he knew; The old man taught all that his students could understand.

Two polar groups: at one pole we have the literary intellectuals, at the other scientists, and as the most representative, the physical scientists. Between the two a gulf of mutual incomprehension.

In many of our [online] courses, the median response time for a question on the question and answer forum was 22 minutes - which is not a level of service I have ever offered to my Stanford students.

Om is the bow, the arrow is soul.

At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

I guess I should be more ambitious about practicing, but when I'm out on the road, that's about all I do.

My parents were comfortable with me exploring areas that they were not proficient in. Some parents just aren't comfortable with that.

I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.

Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.