“The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.”

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

He did each single thing as if he did nothing else.

Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmas time.

I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.

When you drink of the water, don’t forget the spring from which it flows.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Reflect upon your present blessings.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

What greater gift than the love of a cat.

Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.

Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.

You can’t hate/love others without loving/hating yourself first.

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.

They say money rule the world, you can’t pay God with it.

Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.

One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it’s not about you.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

The more real you get, the more unreal things get.