A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge.

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.

No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.

The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the "thoroughness of his understanding.

In large States public education will always be extremely mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is at best only mediocre.

None of the people have any real interest in a science, who only begin to be enthusiastic about it when they themselves have made discoveries in it.

Sometimes it's best to trade an ideal for something more practical that you can guarantee.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.

Work is the best method devised for killing time.

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

What is Atlas Obscura? So, it was a small digital media company. It's an atlas, it's literally like, an atlas of places, wonderful, unusual places.

Man must move to things, to non-human matter- There is nowhere else to go.

You're just jealous." "Hardly. Been there, done you. Adequate, but unremarkable.

I'm very lucky, I do have an amazing husband.

Lord #‎ God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony of my life.

When we appreciate something, that means we have allowed ourselves to relax and take it in.