We love and understand talent; we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for the world to catch up.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

I am not just wondering, God is ordering my footsteps and His words are lamp to my path.

There is no higher authority.

Don’t hang onto anything too tightly – all things must change and you have to allow room for them to grow and blossom.

Man is not going to wait passively for millions of years before evolution offers him a better brain.

Understanding was coming so fast, it seemed to bypass thought.

He that hath lands hath quarrells.

I think when you see [Donald] Trump in person, my reaction is you kind of enjoy it. It's kind of an enjoyable night out.

Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers; the only password is prayer.

With the revolution in information technology, with the revolution in transport technologies, I think just geography has lost its all significance.

I love those stretches where I've just been a writer - when I haven't been doing Internet start-ups - where I pretty much eliminate meetings from my life.