O heart, be at peace, because Nor knave nor dolt can break What's not for their applause, Being for a woman's sake.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

Things will happen. You can't stop them from happening, but you can control your reaction from making things worse. React Positively. Live Happily.

Jealous much, Matthews? Is it because I'm a favorite, or is it because you still want me?

Silence by any other name is called shame.

There is no defence against an evil which only the victims and the perpetrators know exists.

The country is in some trouble, because the media, which is supposed to provide a check and balance on government, has decided to stop doing that as a collective entity.

Everything passes. There is great beauty in this, both in the passing of pain and in the passing of pleasure. When things present themselves to you as permanent, don't believe it.

We have really got to create a culture in our world today where we recognize that every human life is sacred and precious and we have no right to take another human life.

Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea.

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page.

Earth, left silent by the wind of night,Seems shrunken 'neath the gray unmeasured height.