'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy!

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

Renewal of mind begins with mediation on the word of God.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?

Selfishness does not mean only to do things for one's self. One may do things, affecting others, for his own pleasure and benefit. This is not immoral, but the highest of morality.

If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.

I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me.

I'm going to stop punishing my children by saying, “Never mind! I'll do it myself.

Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility; for all that is celestial, all genius, is the offspring of immortality.

Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible.