The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live.

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

Life is a university, you will keep learning new things all the time. The tombstone will be your degree.Make sure it's worth a fortune for those who admire you.

and suddenly I am washed over by a wave of happiness for it, for my little story, because it is a place, a home even, and I can go back to it from wherever I am

Face it, nobody owes you anything. What you achieve, or fail to achieve is directly related to what you do or fail to do.

He had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder up behind him.

America is 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 96 percent of the world's hard drugs.

You are not male nor female, but a plan deep-set within the heart of man.

When you have a choice, choose happy!

All I cared about in tennis was winning.

Honesty and interest are as intimately connected in the public as in the private code of morality.

Drop that zero and get with the hero!