O, if so much beauty doth reveal Itself in every vein of life and nature, How beautiful must be the Source itself, The Ever Bright One.

We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of Eternal Light.

A sense of justice is a noble fancy.

A woman's honor rests on manly love.

A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.

Attach thyself to truth; defend justice; rejoice in the beautiful. That which comes to thee with time, time will take away; that which is eternal will remain in thy heart.

Your time keeps flying away into vanity while you dine with your distractions.

The British are just as keen to make money as the Americans but they prefer hypocrisy to a blatantly commercial attitude.

Many of us, restless and unfulfilled, see no supreme worth in our lives. We want more out of life. And war, at least, gives a sense that we can rise above our smallness and divisiveness.

Life is so complicated a game that the devices of skill are liable to be defeated at every turn by air-blown chances, incalculable as the descent of thistle-down.

I believe in open government. I've always believed in open government. I don't e-mail, however. And there's a reason: I don't want you reading my personal stuff.

Listen to the whisperings of the Spirit, the gift of revelation to which you are entitled.

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.

We could overcome the baser aspects of our nature... and give this planet the kind of caretakers it deserves.

For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.

I don't think the average American understands what patriotism truthfully is. That's why when I attack our country or attack the government, it's sometimes looked at as unpatriotic. It's not.