Whither is fled the visionary gleam? Where is it now, the glory and the dream?

Then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils.

one daffodil is worth a thousand pleasures, then one is too few.

Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils Beside the lake beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

Write down 10 things you would do in your life if you had absolutely no fear. Then pick one of them and do it.

A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

I'm like the annoying guy in the street.

It's not about how much work you're doing. It's about what work you're doing and how you're doing the work.

Oblivion is the flower that grows best on graves.

The sickness of the individual is ultimately caused by and sustained by the sickness of his civilization

Even if it's L.A. and it's warmer, we're not supposed to be revving up right now. I don't like everyone's energy around [winter] time of year.

An artist must be very careful not to look for models. As soon as one artist takes another as model, he is lost. There is no other point of departure than reality.

This economic boycott is our means of self-defense. President Roosevelt has advocated its use in the National Recovery Administration.