“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.”

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.

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.

Bring me the sunset in a cup.

Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.

Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.

Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.

I could not stop for death and he did not stop for me.

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.

PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there’s a word to lift your hat to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that’s the genius behind poetry.

I’ll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, “That must have been the sun!

One step at a time is all it takes to get you there.

It is easy to work when the soul is at play.

Happiness is not some ‘thing’ to be pursued it is a way of being born from appreciating

Even though we sometimes would not get a thing, we were happy with the joy the day would bring.

If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.

Praise is literal food for feminine qualities. If you want your woman to grow in her radiance health, happiness, love, beauty, power and depth, praise these qualities. Praise them daily. A number of times.

For a happy life, love the world and hate the word hate.

When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.

Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.