It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.

Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.

For those who love... time is eternity.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.

You can never begin to live until you dare to die.