Poetry is a peerless proficiency of the imagination.

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.

Omissions are not accidents.

The hands are the heart's messengers.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

As God is exalted to the right place in our lives, a thousand problems are solved all at once.

Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live.

I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it.

You can't separate the mind and body. It's impossible.

Prosperity and security are ours in heaven. We will live in peace and safety.

The Cross will not crush you; if its weight makes you stagger, its power will also sustain you.

Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.

When you're more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.

I'm going to have my family after I play football.

If you don't try things and take risks, you don't really grow and figure out what you want.