Work is my recreation, The play of faculty; a delight like that Which a bird feels in flying, or a fish In darting through the water,--Nothing more.

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.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

People who are driven by their values will overcome hurdles, difficulties, and obstacles in ways that people driven only by profit will never be able to

Hidden paths can't be walked without moving obstacles.

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

Start loving now, and you start Heaven now.

If the security personnel do their job properly, they just might cause you to miss your plane, thereby possibly saving your life.

One must have ambition and one must understand the minds ... of men.

The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.

So, how do you kill a dragon? (Channon) With a very sharp sword. (Sebastian)

A coerced "choice" does not reflect virtue, only compliance.