Stars will blossom in the darkness, Violets bloom beneath the snow.

Buttercups, bright eyed and bold, hold their chalices of gold to catch the sunshine and the dew.

And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light, Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer; Their pure breath sanctifies the air, As its fragrance fills the night.

April's rare capricious loveliness.

Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood; Maple and elm and towering pine Mantled in folds of dark woodbine.

Yet, O thou beautiful rose! Queen rose so fair and sweet. What were lover or crown to thee, without the clay at thy feet?

Aspirations pure and high Strength to do and to endure Heir of all the Ages, I Lo! I am no longer poor!

No mother who stands upon low ground herself can hope to place her children upon a loftier plane. They may reach it, but it will not be through her.

Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold!

I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one’s own limitations.

One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.

I aim to please. I'm nothing if not a vaudevillian.

Life is a foggy road. You may come across anything on the road.

Bear in mind that capitalism is a tiny period of human society. You never really had capitalism, you always had one or another variant of state capitalism.

I kind of peak at how far I can push my body, and then I run out of determination for the habit and start easing off. It's really just a lack of focus and discipline.

I feel that I am writing out of a full life. I am a rich man, rich in men known, in adventures had. I am rich with living.

Even though it felt completely natural - strangely enough - recording an album, I was very shy about making it public.

If we suffer ourselves to be frightened from our post by mere lying, surely the enemy will use that weapon; for what one so cheap to those of whose system of politics morality makes no part?

The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.