Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Lets Rock Cancer's World

I felt dead and sick inside.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.

It's not a morbid thing, but I think I've never been afraid of death, which is maybe why I love writing about it.

I definitely don't plead guilty to being a heartthrob.

Ye shall be those whose eyes ever seek for an enemy - for YOUR enemy. And with some of you there is hatred at first sight.

What curious little corners of folly are to be found in even the sanest brain!

... the natural world is the old river that runs through everything, and I think poets will forever fish along its shores.

Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryo of gold.

The elderly have weathered enough squalls to know that this one, too, shall pass. They own the courage to be original; they've learned to hold their own values above the conventional wisdom.