There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it.

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.

How to put this feeling, this certainty, into something as limited as words?

For ye will know not love, if ye knoweth not your God.

Mark the spirit of invention everywhere, thy rapid patents, Thy continual workshops, foundries, risen or rising, See, from their chimneys how the tall flame-fires stream.

Together we will act to bring about national reconciliation, secure Malaysia's economic future, and build a stronger, more harmonious society.

The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.

You are going to love some of your characters because they are you or some facet of you, and you are going to hate some of your characters for the same reason.

Dreams are powerless unless they are specific.

Creativity needs a bit of untidiness. Make everything too neat and there is no room for experiment.

To boldly split infinitives that no man had split before.

You need a touch of madness, just enough that you don't become stupid!