Music the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have below.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

knowledge is conventionally viewed as belief plus a bunch of credentials

Come with me to howling tree?""What?""Howling tree. It's a place a found. Come on

Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.

Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.

Ultimately, musicians of the world must come to realize the potential of their calling... If the musician is illuminated from within, he becomes a lamp that lights other lamps.

I'm really sarcastic. Not Morgan Webb sarcastic. She's dry, 100%. I'm different from her.

Sometimes Allah gives you bitterness in this life so that you can further enjoy the sweetness of the hereafter.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

Cyling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world