When you ask one friend to dine, Give him your best wine! When you ask two, The second best will do!

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.

Grounding is most effective when you have some place to go. When you know where you are going, grounding brings strength and confidence, when you’re stagnant you get caught in the past.

Jenny, " he whispered. "My Jenny.

The battle between your current state and your desired state cannot be won without a powerful weapon called CHOICE. Your choice determines you.

If you're naturally kind you attract a lot of people you don't like.

As the oceans go, so do we.

"How are you doing?" - - - better than I deserve.

Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.

Meaningful truths are never newly discovered; they're just uncovered anew.

Those are the magical songwriting moments, when you have a partner that clicks like that. That's a dream come true, man.

To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world.