“O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.” WellsMayRoundsNeighborTheeSmoothBlackbirds Book:Fifty Poems Source: Fifty Poems
“Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after.” FirstsWellsLongAsksChurchWeekSingingPraiseTheeFancyHymnsThanksgiving DayPraise GodDisobeyingPraises To God Author:Charles Kingsley
“I sang 'A Closer Walk with Thee' along with blues singer Brownie McGhee, ... Then there was a show where Carol Houston, an actress on 'Matlock' sang 'It Is Well With My Soul' accompanied by a choir. Boy, that was powerful.” WellsSoulShowsWalksPowerfulBoysActressesSingersMy SoulTheeChoirHoustonCarolsBrownies Author:Andy Griffith
“Without haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast! Bear it with thee as a spell; Storm or sunshine , guard it well.” WellsBearsStormTheeBreastsSunshineSpellsMottoHaste Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Being blind is as simple as closing your eyes. The blind don't act any different than you or I. You never see a blind person going around saying, 'I'm blind.' So if you want to play blind just close your eyes and keep them closed and fare thee well.” IfsWantWellsPersonsDifferentPlayEyeSimpleBlindTheeClosingClosing Your EyesBlind Person Author:Morgan Freeman
“Do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee to see if any one will observe it; nor yet expect Plato's Republic: but be content if the smallest thing goes on well, and consider such an event to be no small matter.” IfsWellsLooksMatterEventsGoes OnTheeRepublicSmallestPlatoThyselfPlato SPlato's Republic Book:Meditations Source: Meditations