Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.

O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!

Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.

Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.

I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle.

Where slightest of conflict exists, there is neither God nor Religion.

One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect at the same time.

If you stepped out of the shower and saw a leprechaun standing at the base of your toilet, would you scream, or would you innately understand that he meant you no harm?

Monotheism is in its turn doomed to subtract one more God and become atheism

Research shows that happy people look for opportunity while others see only crises. Surrendering fear is healthy!

Every judgement blocks the light!

My definition of beauty is simplicity, elegance, and sensuality. I think that when a woman is in harmony with herself and remains true to her values, she will glow naturally.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

[Billy Strayhorn] understood the violin as well as he understood Jazz, and he wrote for the violin as a violin.

The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over.