She press'd his hand in slumber; so once more He could not help but kiss her and adore.

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

Shed no tear - O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more - O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root's white core.

Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds.

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me.

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless.

Man is not going to wait passively for millions of years before evolution offers him a better brain.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

My family is more important than my party.

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?

The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.

Certainly I think the state is more than willing to not only attempt to change the consciousness of people, but to employ violence in ways that make people quite fearful.

I think we should all be servants. To be really great in God's eyes is to be least among each other and serve each other.

It is the easiest thing in the world to go to astray, but always difficult to return.