Man begins by loving love and ends by loving a woman. Woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love.

As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made.

Overvalue not therefore the manner of your own worship, and overvilify not other men's of a different mode.

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.

Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly I well know whither, And rest I well know where.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

What an exciting age it is we live in With all this talk about the hope of youth And nothing made of youth.

This seems to me a philosophical question, and therefore irrelevant, question. A poet's destiny is to love.

Roses at first were white, Till thy co'd not agree, Whether my Sapho's breast, Or they more white sho'd be.

It is not raining to me, It's raining daffodils; In every dimpled drop I see Wild flowers on distant hills.

Goodness . . . You got to make it out of badness . . . Because there isn't anything else to make it out of.

Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith.

Some people seem born with a head in which the thin partition that divides great wit from folly is wanting.

White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on the planet today.

Everybody has the answers or they'll make them up for you. Just once I'd like to hear a brand-new question.

One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible.

Love rushed into my veins emptying me of myself. Now filled with the Beloved my only possession is my name.

Discipline enabled Heaven to be filled with light; discipline enabled the angels to be immaculate and holy.

Beauty is the garden scent of roses, murmuring water flowing gently...Can words describe the indescribable?

A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.

Go my friend bestow your love even on your enemies if you touch their hearts what do you think will happen.

The cure for pain is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed. If you don't have both, you don't belong with us.

When The Goodwill Of Hearts Is With You, Fountains Of Wisdom Will Begin To Flow From Within Your Own Being.

When someone mentions the gracefulness of the night sky, climb up on the roof and dance and say, like this?

Because the Beloved wants to know, unseen things become manifest. Hiding is the hidden purpose of creation.

Hold on to the reins of Love and don’t be afraid. Hold on to the real behind the false and don’t be afraid.

let's get away from all the clever humans who put words in our mouth let's only say what our hearts desire.

When I die, I shall soar with angels, and when I die to the angels, what I shall become you cannot imagine.

Pour out wine till I become a wanderer from myself; for in selfhood and existence I have felt only fatigue.

Let your throat-song be clear and strong enough to make an emperor fall full-length suppliant, at the door.

The armies of the day have chased the army of the night, Heaven and earth are filled with purity and light.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.

Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

Nothing can permanently please, which doesn't contain in itself the reason why it is so, and not otherwise.

When something's painful, you just avoid it. Why bother dredging up the past if it's nothing but bad stuff?

A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery.

But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.

Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt.

One chance, One life. Make it or screw it up, it's your choice. Don't wait to long or your time will be up.

Stern duties need not speak sternly. He who stood firm before the thunder worshipped the still small voice.

There ought, I thought, to be a ritual for being born twice - patched, retreaded and approved for the road.

I need the reality of other people, work, to fulfill myself. Must never become a mere mother and housewife.

Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world.

All conviction - and so, necessarily, conversion - is based on the motor and emotional aspects of the mind.

I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.

I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

A man who always speaks the truth wholeheartedly is greater than those who do penance and deeds of charity.

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