The scholar seeks, the artist finds.
People who leave Washington D.C. do so by way of the box - ballot or coffin.
[Families] are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.
If you're on the merry-go-round, you have to go round.
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
If people are suffering, then they must look within themselves. ... Happiness is not something ready-made [Buddha] can give you. It comes from your own actions.
Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized by a madness which forces them to commit the very acts which makes it certain that what they dread shall happen.
Our true nationality is mankind.
Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile dwells a little longer, That's where the West begins.
To fish in troubled waters.
Poetry must be as new as foam, and as old as the rock.
I can't believe that out of a hundred thousand sperm, you were the quickest.
And this is good old Boston The home of the bean and the cod - Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots, And the Cabots talk only to God.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason - there's a reason.
If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.
Is sex dirty? Only if it is done right.
You can promote your healing by your thinking.