Nothing useless is, or low; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.

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.

In many ways my life has been rather like a record of the lost and found. Perhaps all lives are like that.

The reason why you don´t have success is, because you don´t understand the difference between wasting and spending time.

I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.

To accept opinions is to gain the good solid feeling of being correct without having to think.

I like to think that I try to learn something every day - and change my views, modify my views as I learn.

I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.

More than life, I value vindication. When you are at peace with the truth and you know that you are on the side of the right and God is on your side, you are not afraid of anything, including jail.

Whenever the human race assembles to a number exceeding four, it cannot stand free speech.

Speaking more than one language and living in a multicultural family and environment did not seem like anything but what it was: the world I lived in.

That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.