The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

How many of us are swept away by what I have come to call an 'active laziness'?It consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

You can prepare for any challenge, if you daily nurture your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being.

Don't expect too much from people who don't even have respect for themselves.

The dogs brought it all back to, you know, to the human side.

I see parents who bring their kids down because their parents did that to them, instead of reinforcing their gifts, and instilling a sense of what they came to this earth to do.

We don't want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I have no designs on society, or nature, or God. I am simply what I am, or I begin to be that. I live in the present. I only remember the past, and anticipate the future. I love to live.

I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.

The devil's voice is sweet to hear.