It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

Every time you try to flirt with her, a puppy dies.

Three words for a writer: Make me care.

Remember that you can pray any time, anywhere. Washing dishes, digging ditches, working in the office, in the shop, on the athletic field, even in prison - you can pray and know God hears!

We all live best in our imaginations.

Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.

I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.

American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge.

I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.

When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.

The disease we all have and that we have to fight against all our lives is ... the disease of self.