Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her hand she bore.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core.

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul.

Go where we may, rest where we will, Eternal London haunts us still.

Any nation that does not learn to place women on the same pedestal of respect and dignity as men, will never in a thousand years attain greatness.

You be as angry as you need to be, " she said. "Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and

You take the opportunities given to you. If we always waited for perfection, we'd miss out on so much. Don't you think?

People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

I am concerned about the economy. I was the first one laid off.

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

Well, I for one am unable to imagine how anybody who lives with an intelligent and devoted dog can every be lonely.

The reason why we are disenchanted with ourselves is because we entertain in the depths of our psyche a kind of vision-an anticipated vision of what we could be if we would be what we might be.