The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

He started to wonder if maybe they had been raptured while he was in school. He always worried the Lord would show up when he wasn't around. Or when he was on the toilet, taking care of a number two.

We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds.

A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.

If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one.

Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures.

Nature is the living, visible garment of God.

You are a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

With two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and died

Everything is humble and positive energy.

Writing is a channeling of an individual experience; so is reading. That's what's so exciting about this art form - it's interactive.