The heart is like an instrument whose strings Steal magic music from Life's mystic frets.

They must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken Authority for Truth.

They must find it difficult ... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority.

When man to man shall be friend and brother.

The deepest dark reveals the starriest hope.

I know no better way of waging the battle for Truth than arraying the facts face to face on either side and letting them fight it out.

A sweet new blossom of humanity, fresh fallen from God's own home, to flower on earth

There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.

Love rays us round as glory swathes a star, And, from the mystic touch of lips and palms, Streams rosy warmth!

And thou hast stolen a jewel, Death! Shall light thy dark up like a Star. A Beacon kindling from afar Our light of love and fainting faith.

Not by appointment do we meet Delight And Joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner in the streets of life, They, on a sudden, clasp us with a smile.

Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.

May I never forsake thee, my God.

I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a sport is clean. If one in 100 players is doping, in my eyes that isn't a clean sport.

I'm not sure I'm a very good source of advice since we're kind of making this up as we go along.

Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it.

Working with younger artists kind of tests your judgment. You're not always right, but when you are, it's exciting.

When a man is afraid and accedes to fear, he will always find arguments to justify his own surrender.

They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!

You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.

People like change in general, but not in particular.