There are as many characters in men As there are shapes in nature.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

I say the same thing about the death of James Wait. "Oh, well -- he wasn't going to write the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss Bank.

Know the limitations of your mind, and then excel them.Know the limitations of your heart, and then surpass them.Know the limitations of your soul, and then transcend them.

A tree does not despair when a few of its leaves fall off because there is more room for greener ones to take their place.

For some it is harder to wake up to the truth of life than it is to fall into the sleep of death

Mori looked across and was, briefly, a languageless, inhuman thing rescued from the sea and asked for an impious favour.

Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.

I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home.

We should end the Environmental Protection Agency's war against American oil and gas.

To make real change, you have to be well anchored - not only in the belief that it can be done, but also in some pretty real ways about who you are and what you can do.