True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.

O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!

Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.

Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.

I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle.

We can all receive the gifts of our unique ancestry and harness them to forge a path of joy and healing.

Your dreams will define your destiny.

When you healed this tree, I felt like the leaves waved and made gentle sounds. Maybe the tree was saying thank you.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

When I was really young, I shot a lot with my Super 8.

Baton technique is to a conductor what fingers are to a pianist.

No one imagines that a law professing to tax will be permitted to destroy.

Maps are a way of organizing wonder.

Every season I am inspired by women.

My wearing my hair in locs on an Oscar red carpet was to showcase them in a positive light, to remind people of color that our hair is good enough.