Let weakness learn meekness.

Heart's ease of pansy, pleasure or thought, Which would the picture give us of these? Surely the heart that conceived it sought Heart's ease.

Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.

It is crazy to postulate a trillion (causally unconnected) universes to explain the features of one universe, when postulating one entity (God) will do the job.

Today will die tomorrow.

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

I remember the way we parted, The day and the way we met; You hoped we were both broken-hearted And knew we should both forget.

The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog.

A little soul scarce fledged for earth Takes wing with heaven again for goal, Even while we hailed as fresh from birth A little soul.

When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.

Love, as is told by the seers of old, Comes as a butterfly tipped with gold, Flutters and flies in sunlit skies, Weaving round hearts that were one time cold.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

Power is a curious thing. Who lives, Who dies. Power resides where men believe it resides. It is a trick, A shadow on the wall.

There are no shortcuts to greatness

When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, 'I've been gypped,' or, 'He welshed on the deal.'

Success is to be measured not by wealth, power, or fame, but by the ratio between what a man is and what he might be.

I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen

Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open.

According to the Buddhist belief, you can go on and on indefinitely, so you see your life as just a brief moment in time.

When you allow a person's words to upset you, you're giving away your power.

When someone is denying what they are, then that's when things start to spiral down.