Too long, that some may rest, tired millions toil unblest.

Love like you'll never be hurt.

Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.

Human potential, though not always apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth.

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt

A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.

No act of kindness is wasted.

Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.

Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.

April, April Laugh thy girlish laughter; Then, the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears.

And though circuitous and obscureThe feet of Nemesis how sure!

Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you. The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to himself, and he is the one who has made it all.

...some of the miracles do locally what God has already done universally: others do locally what He has not yet done, but will do.

The global financial crisis - missed by most analysts - shows that most forecasters are poor at pricing in economic/financial risks, let alone geopolitical ones.

I don't know a single person who truly seems to bear the mark of God's presence and power in his or her life who hasn't been asked by God to be obedient in a way that was dramatically painful.

Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing.

I'm very wary with impressions - I don't think I'm very good at impressions, I hate doing them.

The glory of Him who moves everything penetrates through the universe, and is resplendent in one part more and in another less.

Too many heroes stepping on too many toes, too many yes-men nodding when they really mean no.

The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.

If any of my men kill prisoners, I'll kill them.