Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

Then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils.

one daffodil is worth a thousand pleasures, then one is too few.

Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils Beside the lake beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

People dumber than you are making a fortune.

The worst enemy in life is resentment.

I'm your phantom dance partner. I'm your shadow. I'm not anything more.

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

No,' the professor replied. 'Her Majesty s alive and well - at least I assume so if she hasn't met a certain van driver from Yeovil.' ~Professor Hamilton

The growth of violent extremism is partly a consequence of how the developed world has become complacent and defensive about its own greatness and ambition.

I hate baseball. It's dull. Nothing happens. It's like watching grass - no, Astroturf - grow

The absence of disease is not health.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans.