Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.

The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the appearance of things.

Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.

Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams.

Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.

If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man.

When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.

The fact of having been born is a bad augury for immortality.

War was so simple, wasn't it? Much simpler than justice.

Amazing grace, amazing life.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

What is life for? Life is for you.

Most painters have painted themselves. So have most poets: not so palpably indeed, but more assiduously. Some have done nothing else.

To become great, you have to be born great. If you are born again then you are the seed of Abraham. That means you have greatness in you!

A society's apprehensiveness about divorce is an expression of its fear of change and of its resulting desire that personality remain unvarying.

Baseball is continuity. Pitch to pitch. Inning to inning. Season to season.

I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace.