Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.

There is in God - some say - A deep, but dazzling darkness; as men here Say it is late and dusky, because they See not all clear. O for that Night! where I in Him Might live invisible and dim!

I saw Eternity the other night Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm as it was bright.

Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just.

And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep. So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted dreams, And into glory peep.

Death, and darkness get you packing, Nothing now to man is lacking, All your triumphs now are ended, And what Adam marred, is mended.

The skin and shell of things Though fair are not Thy wish nor prayer but got My meer despair of wings.

They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here.

The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day.

Affliction is a mother, Whose painful throes yield many sons, Each fairer than the other.

But felt through all this fleshly dresse Bright shootes of everlastingnesse.

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.

I AM A FATHERLESS FATHER FOR MINE IS GONE, HIS DEATH A MYSTERY, HE IS HISTORY, AND THAT IS WHY I LOOK ONLY UPON YOU FOR YOUR JUST GUIDANCE MY FAITHFUL GOD.

Don’t be offended if you encounter some good-natured ribbing

Judicial activism, by definition, is a term applied to judges who render decisions with which you disagree.

I go out to the kitchen to feed the dog, but that's about as much cooking as I do.

I feel like my evolution has come to a place where now I'm attached to Crazy Rich Asians.

Don't raise your expectations too high. It's the surest way of being disappointed.

I had this weird, nomadic little tent with a rug over it, like a booth where I'd sing the vocals.

In all important respects, the man who has nothing but his physical power to sell has nothing to sell which it is worth anyone's money to buy

Never confide your secrets to paper; it is like throwing a stone in the air; and if you know who throws the stone, you do not know where it may fall.