I have a naive trust in the universe - that at some level it all makes sense, and we can get glimpses of that sense if we try.
In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
The Eyes are the window to your soul
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.
There are three people in yourself - who people think you are, who you think you are, and who you really are.
New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don't forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the poems.
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
After all, once you know that part of something exists, it stands to reason that the rest of it is somewhere out there, too.
. . . Have patience and be faithful unto death. Do not fight among yourselves. Be perfectly pure in money dealings. . . . We will do great things yet. . . . So long as you have faith and honesty and devotion, everything will prosper.
In American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.