The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence;—true poetry strikes at the soul.

He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being.

I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse.

There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the mere intrinsic worth of what they have left us.

Without courageous action, Hope is a Universal liar.

I had tried to express myself, but couldn't do that because I was afraid that it will hurt someone. I never knew that not expressing myself hurt myself.

If you are feeling low, or trampled, unappreciated, or forgotten...and you are reading this, realize it is an illusion...the hope is real...you are valued...and what lies ahead...is brilliance.

Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.

I feel that I learned far more from my students than I could possibly have taught them.

There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it.

Christ died for the truth.

Meditation is very important to me. I feel off-balance when I skip a day.

Don't let the secret recipe die with the inventor.

Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.