Soothing the exhaustionIn my soul, So I can fall back skyward, Safe in your arms, And survive to dream again.

Be content to love, to dazzle in the light, If only for moments… And then be gone, With gladness in your heart, Before the creeping shadows Claim too much your sadness at leaving.

Ours was such a delicious risk. My being abruptly and altogether Ecstatic and be-stilled.

On the canvas of life, Every sweep of the brush matters, Counts for something.

Sense how Even the smooth stones ache With stories of their own In the shuddering light of day.

The searing light of morning Asks unwelcome questions, Fragile hopes soon blistered by daylight.

Be brave enough to never yearn For that you cannot hold close In your heart forever. Tread lightly, cherish compassion And live in the moment without fear.

Ultimately not one amongst us Will ever be denied that, The glimmer of a chance to shine.

I am sad, like the hot dust on the streets And the music of fresh fallen leaves Caught in a sliding summer breeze.

Sublime moments refracted, Even if only for seconds, Caught forever in your soul.

Nothing that truly matters Can ever evaporate, Be excised, Burnt out of your soul.

FAITH is not the LAST OPTION left, It is the FIRST REASON to STAND FIRM in what we BELIEVED

People find gold in fields, veins, river beds, and pockets. Whichever, it takes work to get it out.

Man's mind and spirit grow with the space in which they are allowed to operate.

Let me explain something to you, he said. If you want to get something out of a man, dashing out his brains against a lamppost isn't the way to do it.

Man is never out of range of surprises!

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift.

Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.

Life is a thin narrowness of taken-for-granted, a plank over a canyon in a fog.

What people want is the extra, the emotional bonus they get when they buy something they love.

Working with my father [Stephen Hawking ] is a great thrill - he has the amazing ability to hold enormous amounts of information in his head.