If you would hit the mark you must aim a little above it every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

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.

There is magic in all life.

You can’t mind these things, you just can’t, for to dislike what makes a person human is to dislike all humans.

Don't do anything that goes against your conscience, even if your country says so.

There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable.

Victory always starts in the head. It's a state of mind. It then spreads with such radiance and such affirmations that destiny can do nothing but obey.

When it comes to girl bands, we're all rivals.

My balance is really bad. I just hope my clumsiness doesn't show through.

I made a drawing for a book I'm working . It's a little drawing of a girl who's ashamed and upset and hides in the corner of the closet. It's the kind of drawing that I feel like I'm really good at.

To do right is wonderful. To teach others to do right is even more wonderful--and much easier.

Keep your analysis pure and virtuous.