The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Anonymity is the fame of the future.

Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.

When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.

Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.

And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a part but the whole?

The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.

Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.

Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.

The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful.

Each painting is fresh and new, a surprise even to myself.

Don't impersonate. Innovate.

Mediocrity is contextual.

I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.

Through engagement with others, literature lets us imagine what it would be like to be differe.

Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes.

I get paid to practice. I play the game for free.

One of the most important differences I see between prose and poetry is the music of the language.

I think economics, content, and the ability to interact with content in new and different ways are what will drive the adoption of e-books.