Short prayer pierceth heaven.

It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors.

That meek darkness be thy mirror, and thy whole remembrance.

Of God Himself can no man think. And therefore I would leave all that thing that I can think, and choose to my love that thing that I cannot think.

Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich-when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

If you can't bear it, dare it.

All human beings pass away. Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only beloved who will never pass away.

It was genuinely eye-opening for me to read Tolstoy or Steinbeck or Colette for the first time and to feel as though they were speaking to me.

Those who love most, see most.

There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques are called cognitive behavioral therapy.

When you give up struggle, there's a kind of love.

Curiosity takes courage. The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself. Pay Attention. Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.

I believe that we live in a "return to sender universe" - what you send out is exactly what you will get back.

We are the sons of Light and children of God. Glory unto the Lord, we will succeed.

It is barbaric to write poetry after Auschwitz.