She already loved me too much to see me as I was.

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

I do not love men: I love what devours them.

Writing should beguile us, not just take us from A to B to Zzzzz

To Operate In Misery Is To Disregard The Original Intention Of God

It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

Insight enables you to know your own heart. Clarity enables you to accept without illusion.

This is a Budget for Britain's future to secure fairness for each child and invest in every child

There ain't nothin' to dyin', really. You just get tired. You kind of drift away.

There's music in the sighing of a reed; There's music in the gushing of a rill; There's music in all things, if men had ears; The earth is but the music of the spheres.

We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.

Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these three modes of activity exhaust his powers.