Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.

Any man's measure is determined by what he will do when he is faced with his own deep need. Not how high he may reach but how low he may kneel.

It requires a strong constitution to withstand repeated attacks of prosperity.

Don't try to impress people. Always be yourself!

Your ego wants to move through life risk-free, foolish-free, discouragement-free, mistake-free, tired-free.

The community is eminently Portuguese - that is to say, it is slow, poor, shiftless, sleepy, and lazy.

You can go and visit those places. Nothing there, nothing at all. There are Iraqi checkpoints. Everything is okay.

Being your self its all a takes if you want to be impressed someone dont be some one else just be your self

History always happens to us and nothing ever stays the same.

Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.