The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core.

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul.

Go where we may, rest where we will, Eternal London haunts us still.

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character.

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

... to work, to work hard, to see work steadily, and see it whole, was the way to be reputable. I think I always respected a goodblacksmith more than a lady of leisure.

We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it.

It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.

When systems are broken, it's an opportunity for invention and innovation.

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

You're really playing against yourself. You have to learn what you can control and what you can't, and not let what you can't control affect your confidence.

Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name

The need here is professional closeness tempered by emotional distance.