The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but on the mastery of his passions.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.

I am a part of all that I have met.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.

There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

Your real personality identity is not an option, it is the foundation for your happiness and health.

If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.

I've been clinging to this world like a discarded shell of an insect stuck to a branch, about to be blown off forever by a gust of wind.

When the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.

Occasionally, you will be given the chance to be either intellectual or pleasant. Leave being intellectual to others.

there are two ways of speaking an audience will always like: one is, to tell them what they don't understand; and the other is, to tell them what they're used to.

Once you were a starlet. Then you're a star. Can you be a starlet again?

I love Katy Perry, she is a wonderful pop singer.

Al Gore adopted three utterly different personas in three national presidential debates.

When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.