Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed Loving the storm that sways her - I found more joy in sorrow Than you could find in joy.

There is a quiet at the heart of love, And I have pierced the pain and come to peace.

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone.

Take love when love is given.

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.

My soul is a broken field, plowed by pain.

It is strange how often a heart must be broken Before the years can make it wise.

I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.

The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves.

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

I learned a world from each / one whom I loved

Never Let go your task or plan. Problems are opportunities that come in a package that is not pleasing.

I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver.

The coma ward was boring yet difficult. Like golf.

I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home. It's a bargain.

You should see it. V for Vendetta I mean. "I'll look it up." No. With Me. At my house. Now

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

The mind can also be an erogenous zone.

Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and which I don't half know to this day?