The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

That they believe in you does not make them your disciple

Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.

No nation has ever prospered or been blessed like the colored people in the South.

The print on canvas is the closest to the original work. I personally sign them as well.

I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen.

Rhythm is form cut into time.

Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out

There is no lobbying interest on behalf of a low-paid worker. Nobody. Nobody represents them, yet somebody obviously represents Wal-Mart in Washington and McDonald's in Washington.

If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.

I think my magical dream land would have all of my friends from high school and elementary school. I'm extremely nostalgic so my closest friends are people from my childhood.