Your station is in my heart, and on the necks of those who would insult you.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!

Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.

God doesn't dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.

The cynicism doesn't come across in the final; it can be taken as a very sincere plea for someone to not go away.

My ambition is limited to the desire to capture something transient, and yet, this ambition is excessive.

The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together.

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all.

I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs or getting into trouble since.

I really want to help stop violence toward women.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom

I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.