Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Peace begins in the human heart before it reaches the world."

"Death is not an end but a transformation."

"Humor is the light that makes darkness bearable."

"Strength lies not in resistance but in surrender to love."

"Fear is only as powerful as we allow it to be."

"The most profound truths are often the simplest."

"Relationships require both passion and patience."

"Independence of thought is the highest freedom."

"Dreams deferred do not vanish; they transform."

"Life is the greatest poem ever written."

"To love is to transcend the boundaries of self."

"The heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care."

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel every quiver."

"Knowledge by suffering entereth, and life is perfected by trial."

"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God."

"Surely when the Almighty decided to become beautiful, he must have thought of the rose."

"The world has a way of undoing our careful plans."

"Do you know what it means to be loved? It means someone sees you, truly sees you."

"I believe in the sun even when it is not shining."

"Truth is a glorious thing, though it comes with a price."

"A woman's strength lies not in her softness but in her conviction."

"All women are not the same, just as all men are not. Remember that."

"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends."

"Dead sounds at length have left the listening ear."

"Do you hear that sound? It's the crack of possibility breaking open."

"Excellence is not an act but a habit."

"Forget, and your spirit shall find peace."

"God is watching, always watching."