Holy writing must strive (by all means) for perfection and true holiness, that a door may be opened to him in heaven.

There is in God - some say - A deep, but dazzling darkness; as men here Say it is late and dusky, because they See not all clear. O for that Night! where I in Him Might live invisible and dim!

I saw Eternity the other night Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm as it was bright.

Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just.

And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep. So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted dreams, And into glory peep.

Death, and darkness get you packing, Nothing now to man is lacking, All your triumphs now are ended, And what Adam marred, is mended.

The skin and shell of things Though fair are not Thy wish nor prayer but got My meer despair of wings.

They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here.

The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day.

Affliction is a mother, Whose painful throes yield many sons, Each fairer than the other.

Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.

Colombians might live in one of best places in the world to grow coffee beans, yet their cups of coffee come from dehydrated granules in tiny plastic packages. This is the definition of tragedy.

Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.

The human race finds itself in a better situation when it has the higher level of freedom.

Creating great content that educates and informs is always the best marketing strategy.

How different the reasoning is that men adopt when they are discussing the cases of men and those of women.

The public is always good.

You see, though we travel together, we travel alone.

I'd like to know how to play the guitar.

[My mother tongue is] Albanian. But, I am equally fluent in Bengali (language of Calcutta) and English.

I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning.