Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.

The same thing that had happened with the flowers was happening with my longing: once I held it in my hands, I didn't know where to put it.

Sometimes the people we meet change us forever.

Know how blessed you are to be able to work this hard!

Depending on the story that you're telling, you can be relatable to everybody or nobody. I try and tell everybody's story.

We’re partial to putting out large amounts of money where we won’t have to make another decision.

Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.

We were hoping to build a small profitable company; and of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company.

Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.

Big Brother is home. He is installed in the item you just dragged home from the Apple store.

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of; we blind them as quickly as possible.