Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience is the early blossom on the tree of faith.

In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.

Hurt no living thing: Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing.

Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.

Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.

We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit.

Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep.

What is the beginning? Love. What is the course. Love still. What the goal. The goal is love.

Silence is more musical than any song.

You're supposed to raise your friends up, not be happy when they fail.

I totally allow myselfto feel every emotion, whatever it isand I observe itfrom my inner spaceof love and silence.

All the motives for murder are covered by four Ls: Love, Lust, Lucre and Loathing.

Destiny is like gravity. You may stray from it a bit but it will always be there.

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

Cooking is great, love is grand, but soufflés fall and lovers come and go. But you can always depend on a book!

You can't be a bad boy without somebody scolding you.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.

I gravitate towards gravitas.