...you cannot control the depth of a wound another inflicts upon you.

TimeYou were the oneI wanted mostto stay.But time could notbe kept at bay.The more it goes, the more it's gone—the more it takes away.

One day you will be nostalgic for today.

Some pieces will sing to your present, others may echo of your past, and the rest could whisper of your future.

There is a certain quality to words that when strung in a certain way--has an almost hypnotic effect.

I did not know that it was love until I knew.

It was like being seen after a perpetual darkness, I replied. To be heard after a lifetime of silence.

He deftly dealt his swiftest blow--I fell further than, I was meant to go.

Because someday, in one way or another, you will be taken from me or I you.

The glass bottle does not know its own contents. It has no idea whether it is a vessel for the most delicious apple cider, a lovingly crafted wine, or a bitter poison.

...but how could I have stopped him from taking what was already his?

Thinking in loneliness and speaking in public are the two things leaders are masters at.

When purchasing gifts becomes the focal point of the season, we lose focus on what's truly important.

To be honest, there is a tourists' trail; my family had a farm and a gas station, and you can go and see my birthplace, though where I lived is actually under a freeway now.

In August, 1900, [Friedrich] Nietzsche was laid to rest Nietzsche, as the apostle of atheism, heralded the darkest century the world has ever known.

From the moment we claim the truth of being the beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we are.

I know what I say; I understand my mission and business. God Almighty is my shield; and what can man do if God is my friend?

Frenchwomen could not dress like Englishwomen without conviction of sin.

Hope is a path on the mountainside. At first there is no path. But then there are people passing that way. And there is a path.

I never compare myself to anybody. I don't look at my accomplishments compared to anyone. I'm happy with what I've accomplished in boxing.

...What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world, and we all live there.