Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Is it not meningitis?

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

You have filled every fibre of my soul and the spaces in between

What’s wealth but the means of expanding one’s life? There’s two ways one can do it: either by producing more or by producing it faster.

We grow before we even know what growth means. We just know, I see things differently now.

I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Odd that I couldn’t catch any of your dream,” Bones went on. “Normally your dreams are like background music to me.

Unfortunately, once an economy is geared to expansion, the means rapidly turn into an end and "the going becomes the goal."

I'm inspired by failure. The process of defeat – picking yourself back up again is the hardest thing in the world.

Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?

Actually to be a champion your goal is to be a little bit better each day, making sure that every day is an opportunity to be at your best.

Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself.