The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Only a real pastor and a true leader will be looking for ways to train and equip his people to develop their potential.

There are things to be obtained by law and things to be obtained by claw

The cardiac calls require medical intervention. So an ambulance for a cardiac call requires a doctor, a ward boy and medical equipment.

People have been raised in a morality that says, "If it feels all right for you, it's probably OK."

There is nothing I know of so sublime as a fact.

Whatever you fill your brain with and whoever you spend your time with... will determine your life a decade from now.

God continues to speak through what He has spoken.

White folks still in the lead.

I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building.

I have nothing to prove to anyone. I only play for myself.