Adventurer: he that goes to meet whatever may come. Well, that is what we all do in the world one way or another.

The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late

As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.

How can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star?

Men and women, empires and cities, thrones, principalities, and powers, mountains, rivers, and unfathomed seas, worlds, spaces, and universes, all have their day, and all must go.

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

Ah! If man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation.

There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.

Passion is like the lightning, it is beautiful, and it links the earth to heaven, but alas it blinds!

Truly time should be measured by events, and not by the lapse of hours.

A sharp spear needs no polish.

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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.

I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.

In the film business, when you're young, you just want to work. But when you're older, it has more to do with who's involved with the project - who you're going to get in the boat with.

Success is an intoxicant, and intoxicated people seldom have a firm grasp on reality.

She (Daria) has Sergei's wide and ready smile, so beautiful to me.

Peel back the facade of rigorous methodology projects and ask why the project was successful, and the answer is people.

I think habits and behaviors are very hard to change. And they're even harder when you're back home.

Letting ourselves be loved by God is the place where we stumble upon trust.