The past is all holy to us; the dead are all holy; even they that were wicked when alive.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul, I shall recall the memory of warm, sunny, late summer afternoons like this one, and be comforted greatly.

Real happiness provides you the confidence that you never thought was obtainable.

THE JOURNEY WILL BE MORE PLEASANT AND THE CHALLENGES WILL BE ADVENTURES IF YOU DO WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO IN LIFE .

The courage to try again is daring spirit.

Who rises from prayer a better man his prayer is answered.

Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.

I cannot understand why poetry is not taught at schools as a way of seeing, a quick, untiring path to essentials.

The trumped-up charges against kitsch and sentimentality should disturb us and make us suspicious.

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

I do know who you are. I just needed to be reminded.