Sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

It doesn't matter how you conceive of divinity. It only matters that you see it in everything, including yourself.

I find something new in the Bible every time I read it . . . that can be the experience of everyone who comes to it wanting to discover more of God’s truth.

There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.

I know I'm a sinner, but make me a winner!

Be who you are, not who the world wants you to be.

God made the integers, all the rest is the work of man.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

That summer when she was eighteen, it seemed anything could happen, anything at all.

Socialism has been a great tragedy this century.

Passion, friendship, love, loyalty, trust . . . if you found the right person . . . you really could have it all.