Life will be lengthened while growing, for Thought is the measure of life.

The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won.

To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.

Sweet music! sacred tongue of God.

The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men.

If all the world must see the world As the world the world hath seen, Then it were better for the world That the world have never been.

When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be.

Thought is the measure of life.

Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain; But all through Love in time is healed again.

Time fleeth on, Youth soon is gone, Naught earthly may abide; Life seemeth fast, But may not last-- It runs as runs the time.

What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst, A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst, Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour, The first swete Dropp of our long Showre.

The more you know, the more you know you know nothing.

Elusive success is not the same as failure.

If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.

I play piano and that's my love. I read and I paint and I compose music, so I've got a pretty full creative life. And it's not because, I'm obsessively creative.

I never feel more myself than when I’m writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.

It's his word against the Commander's, unless he wants to head a posse. Kick in the door, and what did I tell you? Caught in the act, sinfully Scrabbling. Quick, eat those words.

Are there many things in this cool-hearted world so utterly exquisite as the pure love of one woman for another woman?

Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both countries [Pakistan and India]. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in the region which is controlled by Indian armed forces.

An inherent kindness exists in the process of aging ... we are allowed to move along gradually.

The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me.