“There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is.”

I do desire we may be better strangers.

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird’s life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends.

Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!

Strong reasons make strong actions.

Nothing comes from doing nothing.

Of all the flowers, me thinks a rose is best.

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Grief makes one hour ten.

You speak an infinite deal of nothing.

Though she be but little, she is fierce!

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.

I would only hire someone to work directly for me if I was willing to work for that person.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

Men and women balance each other out, and we have to get to a point where we are comfortable with appreciating each other.

Sometimes you wanna just be you with someone who knows all your secrets.

I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.