Passions are the gales of life.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

I know have lived, so many times, that the only thing I have left to remember is my writing, cause every single moment in life it's already written.

The sight of a racist mind is too blurred to notice the true beauty of life.

Life is not a competition between you and others. Concentrate on bettering your life instead of trying to be better than others.

I'm a very good bowler, which I discovered a few months ago.

I get a lot of letters from people.

Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there.

I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.

The purpose of art actually is, in many cases, to make you feel quite uncomfortable. Or at least to go to that place that's already of discomfort inside of you and tap into that.

I record to my heart's content whatever I feel like.

So the question rises: How much liberty can you get away with? Well, you get no more liberty than you give!