The smell of violets, hidden in the green, Pour'd back into my empty soul and frame The times when I remembered to have been Joyful and free from blame.

It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

We are all a part of every person we have ever met.

I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.

Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.

Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die.

if you don't concentrate on what you are doing then the thing that you are doing is not what you are thinking.

God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

Now and then it is okay to get lost to find yourself in a new way.

You found me under the thousand stars, shining above us at the night. You found me and you wanted me to shine for you.

The more I love, the more flowers bloom in my heart.

The weather gods are toying with us." - Dr. James Stagg

If you are going to be a mediator or arbitrator you have to be in the middle between the two sides; you cannot take sides only with one party.

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

Fasting keeps you sensitive to His (God) Spirit, enabling you to live holy.

A true shepherd leads the way. He does not merely point the way.

The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches.

The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.