The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize.

It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself.

My exit is the result of too many entrees.

Love will always be the most powerful force.

I wandered by the brook-side, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still.

Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.

Grand Thoughts that never can be wearied out, Showing the unreality of Time.

They who have steeped their souls in prayer Can every anguish calmly bear.

He, who for Love has undergone The worst that can befall, Is happier thousand-fold than one, Who never loved at all.

A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.

The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.

Conversing with children is a fine art.... An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion is a better word.

The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.

Poetry comes with anger, hunger and dismay; it does not often visit groups of citizens sitting down to be literary together, and would appal them if it did.

I like that kind of stuff. I like doing speeches. I've been lucky because I've had a lot of characters, over the years, who will have three or four page speeches.

It is love alone that leads to right action. What brings order in the world is to love and let love do what it will.

You know you're a success when you look at your kids and realize they turned out better than you.

Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.

I don't trade for excitement; I trade to win

You make me laugh like a loon on loon tablets!

Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.