The howl of self-interest is loud ... but the heart is black which throbs solely to its note.

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

Through the sunset of hope, Like the shapes of a dream, What paradise islands of glory gleam!

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!

Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, - To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Sometimes we need boldness, creativity and wisdom to enforce the change we want in us and others.

All continuous suffering, is self inflicted.

I've been so lucky to have my mum and dad because they've worked to give my brother and I everything. We're not spoilt children.

Avoid the traffic by using one of the park's shuttle buses and view the elk rut with a park ranger.

Some people only look at the good stuff and some people only look at the bad stuff.

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.

To become our enemies - what an absurdity. A crazy absurdity when you stop to think that we, Muslims and Hindus, had conducted the struggle for independence together.

If you truly believe that your dreams will come a reality the possibilities are endless

Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.