His stories are good to hear at night, because we can dream about them asleep; and good in the morning, too, because then we can dream about them awake. (Cowslip)

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Moonlight is sculpture.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above may cause us to forget their existence.

Sunshine and water—the perfect recipe for happiness.

Have peace in your heart to find peace in the outer world.

Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.

The truly civilized man has no enemies.

In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised

The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist.

God's truth tells us the truth about ourselves, but His grace forgives us for the truth He reveals.

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color

Sweet smiles soften judgment. Sweet haunches unseat it.

Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.