The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.

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.

We all dream of finding that one person whom will love us even after there are no more tomorrows.

Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.

Intelligent women always marry fools

When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have said less than 50%. I would have said that failure is the most likely outcome.

Whenever we don't turn the ball over, we're pretty productive. When you're turning the ball over, you're cutting down on offensive opportunities.

The place is also big enough. We could all live there without killing each other." -Rhage "That depends more on your mouth than any floorplan." -Phury

If we ignore international institutions, it will lead only to lawlessness and anarchy.

What the word God means is the mystery really. It's the mystery that we face as humans the mystery of existence, of suffering and of death.

We fear the things we want the most.

Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.