The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.

The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone, that never mused on sorrow but its own.

the soul of conversation is sympathy

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.

Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear, Just know that you are very close in every thought and prayer. To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

To live in the hearts of others is not to die

Your belief systems limit your reality to a sub-set of the solution space that does not contain the answer.

The smaller your reality, the more convinced you are that you know everything.

He found himself inhabiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.

Action is the spark that ignites potential.

It is always delightful when a great and beautiful idea proves to be consonant with reality.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and you will make of their circumstances the litter you have made of your own.

Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.

Mathematics to me is like a language I don’t speak though I admire its literature in translation.

Any defense of common sense must allow that it is revisable.

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

If we ever do find a better system, I'll be happy to call myself an anti-capitalist.

It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created.