“I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.”

If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.

What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.

We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.

The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.

I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.

I wait for the morning of my tears.

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

If you just want to feel my heart just put your hand on yours.

Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

Conflict tip: What comes out of someone else’s mouth is a reflection of their heart … not yours.

You do not stop losing power by refusing to recognize your fear, by anesthetizing yourself to what you feel. The road to authentic power is always through what you feel through your heart.

Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift is given.

You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not owe anyone and where no one owes you – a place that simply allows for the blossoming of something new and promising.

Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.