Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain, And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.

I have seen the Lady April bringing the daffodils, Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.

Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

I hold that when a person dies / His soul returns again to earth; / Arrayed in some new flesh disguise / Another mother gives him birth / With sturdier limbs and brighter brain.

O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men.

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.

The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes.

Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low.

What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt, Myself unwitting where their Master dwells?

To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.

Sometimes it is a relief to be invisible

I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.

What dark corner of the soul did you crawl out of?

When you stop fighting, that's death.

Every artist who evolves a style does so from illusive elements that inhabit his or her visual storehouse.

I'm playin' the music I like.

I like to live in places that are kind of off in the cuts so people can't really find me even if they wanted to.

You must come to see how wonderful you are in God and how helpless you are in yourself.

Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior.

Embrace the struggle and let it make you stronger. It won't last forever.