Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be… And thou, O Lord, art more than they.

It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

We are all a part of every person we have ever met.

I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.

Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.

Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die.

if you don't concentrate on what you are doing then the thing that you are doing is not what you are thinking.

God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels.

Optimism is evidence-based.

The American dream is, in part, responsible for a great deal of crime and violence because people feel that the country owes them not only a living but a good living.

Can't a person be born where they want to be born?

I have an apartment back home in London. England will be home for me. It always has been and always will be. It's where my friends are.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

I practiced two or three hours, sometimes none, sometimes six. It was very varied.

Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.

I never said I was a genius.

The only two things in life that make it worth livin' / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women