The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one.

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.

If you're taking something from people around you, take "Inspiration", not their "Character" that you've already got your own. Always be yourself.

Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

You rang my heart like a church bell at midnight. Trembling, I awoke to the sweet sound of love.

If I don’t know who I am apart from everyone else, I probably need to spend some time apart from everyone else.

The hour on Sunday can be a time of wonder, a time of transformation, maybe even a time of awe.

You cannot lose in the journey of life without losing track of your positive inner-self.

The worst kind of poison for despots: truth.

As a young boy, I had the usual hobbies - sports, baseball cards, model airplanes and trains. But I always had a distinct fascination with trains.

Artists paint not for their own enjoyment but to share their vision with others.

Cast off limiting thoughts and return to true emptiness. Stand in the midst of the great void. This is the secret of the Way of a Warrior.