We see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.

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.

A Resilient Person do not need of good fortune.

Just going through a marriage and a divorce - which I essentially did by 21 - will give you an insane amount of perspective on life.

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

Battles are won and lost before they are fought.

By staying true to yourself, you keep your energy high and clear, and you provide inspirational role modeling for other healers and helpers. Integrity toward yourself is a gift to the world.

I would like to see our society mature, and become more rational and more knowledge-based, less emotion-based.

Honesty is always the best policy.

When your child is very young, you must protect him from doing harm to himself and others, then later by precept, explaining to him what is going to be for his eventual happiness.

You have to smile, if you expect anybody to smile back.

I listen to a lot of twerk anthems.