All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.

I have seen the Lady April bringing the daffodils, Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.

Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

I hold that when a person dies / His soul returns again to earth; / Arrayed in some new flesh disguise / Another mother gives him birth / With sturdier limbs and brighter brain.

O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men.

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.

The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes.

Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low.

What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt, Myself unwitting where their Master dwells?

To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.

Nature is not tailored to man. It exists for itself.

Nuts, arms, stomachs -- they never hurt. All hurt is brain hurt.

In all proper relationships there is no sacrifice of anyone to anyone.

He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

How difficult it is to reach anything approaching a moderate and relatively calm point of view in the midst of one's emotions.

I think that we should make the best of where we live and we all should be able to come back home to a place that is welcoming and represents who we are.

Lightness of movement is the cardinal demand one has to make on a dancer.

Too often we spend our time in the past or the future. We need to learn to live now - mentally as well as physically and spiritually.

I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese.

We should profile Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be Muslim, and we should be honest about it.