The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to be so, not because they are rich

…because I was only eleven years old, I was wrapped in the best cloak of invisibility in the world.

As moonlight gently fills your room, your dreams begin to sprout, then bloom.

History has demonstrated that efforts to censure and control communication will not succeed.

Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.

It is not a good idea to continually repeat a mantra during meditation. Repeating a mantra throughout your mediation causes you to fixate on a specific level of consciousness.

People may resist our advice, spurn our appeals, reject our suggestions, refuse our help, but they are powerless against our prayers.

I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.

Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.

All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.