The moving moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide: Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Music

Life's a book filled on pages Just awaiting to be written.Some don't open it for ages, Maybe afraid of being bitten.

Without our listening, all the stories are the same story.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use.

People who have come from nothing and started their own business or opened up a whole new niche in a particular industry, they truly inspire me.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

Your either in or out. There's no in between.

As you watch your mind, you discover your self as the watcher. When you stand motionless, only watching, you discover your self as the light behind the watcher.