The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls.

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.

I can’t believe I’ve missed this sport. It’s all about fingering holes and caressing balls.

As illusory attachment (moha) spread, one sunk deeper and deeper into the pit.

Who says that you have to belittle others in order to feel good about yourself?

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

I'm easy with employees. I make sure they get credit for their work. Naturally, sometimes a guy will screw up, and I'll have to apply some "retraining."

They are not long, the weeping and the laughter. Love and desire and hate; I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate.

Behind every rational and irrational force in human society there is a social mechanism which determines where it is to appear and what forms it is to take.

I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!”