Mind does dominate body. We are superior to the house in which we dwell.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

Spring is beautiful, and summer is perfect for vacations, but autumn brings a longing to get away from the unreal things of life, out into the forest at night with a campfire and the rustling leaves.

Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.

The people who dream are very often the people who see, and dreaming and seeing precede doing.

Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.

Kindness is the truest wisdom of life and we cannot go far without it.

I thank you, God, in Heaven, for friends.

At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land, And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own.

... Love is heaven and claims its own.

The cunning livery of hell.

I would never write, ever. I might as well exile myself.

Work certainly does help fill a void.

I don't stream or buy CDs pretty much everything I buy, I do it on iTunes.

Attempting to understand consciousness with your mind, is like trying to illuminate the sun with a candle.

If you walk through life in a fighting pose with your fists balled up and ready to strike, someone, someday, somewhere, is going to want to test your mettle.

Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.

Going to a movie so you won't be offended is like eating potato chips made with Olestra; you avoid the dangers of the real thing, but your insides fill up with synthetic runny stuff.

Successful people have all had to do things they didn't feel like doing in order to get where they are.

It's no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst.