Each morning sees some task begun Each evening sees it close. Something attempted something done Has earned a night's repose.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Relationships: It takes wisdom to know when to turn the page and courage to know when to close the book.

To be able to put oneself in another’s position, to be able to see and to feel as another person does, this is the rare gift of an earnest spiritual seeker.

This is a fundamental irony of most people’s lives. They don’t quite know what they want to do with their lives. Yet they are very active.

...I can't make exceptions for myself. If I can run, I will run. I don't have to feel good to do it.

What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their jobs is what they most stop themselves from getting.

Anxiety and spiritual searching have been consistent themes with me, and that figures into my worldview. But I tend to make my songs sound like relationship songs.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

Isn't it better to regret things you've done, than regret things you've never even tried?

Becoming a superstar takes about 10,000 hours of hard work.

Wikipedia only works in practice. In theory, it's a total disaster.