“They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.”

We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.

Hope never stops at all.

The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.

You left me boundaries of pain Capacious as the sea, Between eternity and time, Your consciousness and me.

The brain is wider than the sky.

You can stay young as long as you learn.

Forever – is composed of Nows – ‘Tis not a different time. Let Months dissolve in further Months – And Years – exhale in Years.

The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.

You don’t have to be a house to be haunted.

There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

Wonder is not precisely knowing.

The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.

The things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.

Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun – if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.

I dwell in possibility.

Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.

Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead.

I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

When people are living from passion, they tend to be fulfilled, happy, healthy, and love everyone around them.

What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.

From tonight onwards, take complete control of your life. Decide, once and for all, to be the master of your fate. Run your own race. Discover your calling and you will start to experience the ecstasy of an inspired life.

It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.