And the best and the worst of this is That neither is most to blame, If you have forgotten my kisses And I have forgotten your name.

Heart's ease of pansy, pleasure or thought, Which would the picture give us of these? Surely the heart that conceived it sought Heart's ease.

Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.

Today will die tomorrow.

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

I remember the way we parted, The day and the way we met; You hoped we were both broken-hearted And knew we should both forget.

The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog.

A little soul scarce fledged for earth Takes wing with heaven again for goal, Even while we hailed as fresh from birth A little soul.

When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.

Love, as is told by the seers of old, Comes as a butterfly tipped with gold, Flutters and flies in sunlit skies, Weaving round hearts that were one time cold.

His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.

As for style of writing if one has anything to say it drops from him simply and directly as a stone falls to the ground.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

There are no experts in the company of Jesus. We are all beginners, necessarily followers, because we don’t know where we are going.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.

If you were lost for America, there is nobody who could keep the army and the revolution [going] for six months.

Blaming things on the past does not make them better.

We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the ethics of excellence.

Leo could run pretty fast when someone was trying to kill him. Sadly, he’d had a lot of practice.

Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.

The first step in our walk of faith is to stop our own works and rest in God's love, wisdom and power.