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Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if yo

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Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.

A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the y

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A sensitive plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
and closed them beneath the kisses of night.

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a

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If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know

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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhi

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Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be b

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Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for y

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Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed.

As your faith is strengthened you will find that

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As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.

He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close

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He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road...

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A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling our

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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow.

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I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round.

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

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It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves t

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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

May the roof above us never fall in And may w

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May the roof above us never fall in
And may we good companions beneath it never fall out.

But, logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial eff

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But, logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

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