Sleep Silence's child sweet father of soft rest Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings Sole comforter to minds with grief oppressed.

Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble.

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

He who dares not (reason), is a slave.

Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings Sole comforter to minds with grief oppressed.

What sweet delight a quiet life affords.

Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love.

So that my life be brave, what though not long?

Property has its duties as well as its rights.

He who will not reason is a bigot he who cannot is a fool and he who dares not is a slave.

Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven't asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go.

I Don't Write Because God Gives Me A Fresh Word Everyday, I write Because of The Words He Has Already Spoken Yesterday That Changed Today.

We're all strange in our own strange way.

That's what we think because we can't imagine what it's like to not exist.

If we want to increase our own happiness, we need to invest in growing the community happiness and also take care of the whole, of Mother Earth.

To overcome fear, act as if it were impossible to fail, and it shall be.

Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to.

Venture nothing, and life is less than it should be.

If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger how much happier we would all be.

In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.