Woman, thou art a river, deep and wide, Of waters soft and sweet: Alas! I've never reached the other side; Though oft I've wet my feet!

Hide what you have to hide And tell what you have to tell You'll see your problems multiplied If you continually decide To faithfully pursue The policy of truth

Some fearful sights there be that creep By night - I mean that harass sleep; But tenfold more alarming seem these when They brave the day, to breathe the air like men.

Faith is reason denying absurdity in the face of the unknown.

Truth was truth, whether I darkened my eyes to it or not.

For man, the death of the body is inevitable, and is determined by time and circumstance; but, with proper precaution, the death of the soul may be totally avoided.

How Time doth lash us with sharp pains, Set loose our teeth, snatch wisps of hair, dim eyes -- And finally bend our backs toward earth To find the fittest place for burial.

Life is a waste of woes, And Death a river deep, That ever onward flows, Troubled, yet asleep.

The Ideal is the invisible Sun which is always on the meridian of the soul.

Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these three modes of activity exhaust his powers.

Daily mediate the Holy Scriptures.

I'm just tryin to be somebody I can talk to in the morning with a smile.

Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself.

Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage.

He no playa the game, he no maka the rules.

Don’t you think every face tells its own story? Like a book? More like a poem. If you study it long enough, you’ll soon find its meaning.

It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.

The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.

Poetry is the one thing that isn't contaminated, the one thing that isn't part of the game.