Nothing is black or white.

Thought is free.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.

Once you label me you negate me.

If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.