My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.

You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.

Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.

A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay.

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.

Everybody that I've ever seen that enjoyed their job was very good at it.

Good decisions don't make life easy, but they do make it easier.

Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got.

There's definitely a huge gap between the elite and public perceptions on immigration.

What I know for sure: Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life. When you can let go of the desire to acquire, you know you are really on your way.

Can you ever get off for good behavior?" he joked. I gave him what I hoped was a seductive smile as I found my seat. "Sure," I called over my shoulder. "If I was ever good.

Reading a text is more like tracing this process of constant flickering than it is like counting the beads on a necklace.