While Genius was thus wasting his strength in eccentric flights, I saw a person of a very different appearance, named Application.

We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.

We can only love what we know.

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!

Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct.

The first pale blossom of the unripened year.

Society than solitude is worse, And man to man is still the greatest curse.

It is to hope, though hope were lost.

Say not 'Good-night' but in some brighter clime, bid me 'Good-morning.'

It's tough in the NHL you have to produce on a high level. And everybody expects you to do it because you make a lot of money. And I never minded it. I always want to be that guy.

For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?'

You end up becoming someone you see in the eyes of those you love.

Just study Buddhism. Don't follow the sentiments of the world.

Reading is the journey of those who can not take the train

The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind.

Nature's instructions are always slow; those of men are generally premature.

I am happiest when I am alone.

I've always wanted to drive cross-country.

The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.