It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

The universe is a vast system of exchange. Every artery of it is in motion, throbbing with reciprocity, from the planet to the rotting leaf.

I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesn't exist.

You need to understand the inner flowing energy and the eternal truth, is revealed to you. This is the only mystery, cult, esoteric, elusive or magic of life exists in the universe.

When I don't have something to worry about, I worry. Nothing comes so naturally to a human being as anxiety and worry.

I'll Stay ...leave ...me. ...I'll ...follow ...you.

It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts.

You might be a redneck if an expired license plate means another decoration for your living room wall.

An old pop music producer once said that there are really only four kinds of song a person can write: "I love you/I hate you/go away/come back!" That's a funny observation.

But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now.

"Leading" is about mobilizing people toward valued goals.

The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything.