The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.

The cross is the only ladder high enough to touch Heaven's threshold.

We need a spirit of adoption to take us out of the foundling hospital of the world, and to put us into the celestial family.

She seemed to be occupied with of inner chamber of ideas and to have slight need for visible objects.

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.

And in the fearless, reckless pursuit of intimate love, it is not the destination it's the journey.

I am gentle with myself, knowing that I am doing the best I can with the knowledge and understanding I have

[Physicists] feel that the field of bacterial viruses is a fine playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions.

When you start worrying about form, then you're not in the moment.

Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic.

The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.

It’s really strange, but they speak to me — the notes and the chords. So when I hear other people’s music, I can feel the composer. Whoever created that, I can see in their soul.