Not in the clamor of the crowded street Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng But in ourselves are triumph and defeat.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Create in your mind a picture of what you want and then live that vision as if it already exists.

If money is spent in the wrong way, then ‘control’ the spending and if the money is spent in the right way, then ‘decontrol’ the spending.

Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne.

My dog wants the entrepreneurial community to know how thankful she is for the fact that she gets to go out. She has heard more pitches than probably much of the world.

You can teach taste, editorial sense, but the ability to say something funny is something I've never been able to teach anyone.

I like it when poems are challenging, when they concern matters important and personal to the author.

I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was.

Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire.

Poets can tell the truth as they see it. It’s the author’s story, the author’s voice.

Nothing in our lives is a mere insignificant detail to God.