This dull river has a deep religion of its own; so, let us trust, has the dullest human soul, though, perhaps, unconsciously.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Moonlight is sculpture.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above may cause us to forget their existence.

To fill life with moments of happiness, be happy in the moment.

A man who serves language, however imperfectly, should always serve truth.

There is only one certain test of the virtue and that is humiliation. The acceptance of humiliation alone shows the depth and reality of our humility.

For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.

We are becoming who we will be-forever.

I was a serious poet for quite a while and had little notebooks filled with poetry.

I remain God's humble servant.

When there are no clouds in the sky, under the beautiful sunshine, remember the rain and repair your umbrella!

The love of those we don't love in return settles on the surface and from there quickly evaporates.

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.