All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from light.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits.

The only other white people we saw during the three days we stayed there were a German couple intent on taking pictures of their stuffed sheep in a variety of locations around the world.

I could die in this bed with him right now, wrapped in his arms and I would never know that I had died.

Business is about to pick up here!

This [Twilight] cast rocks! We get along so well together it's like a real family which is great to see.

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

Our job is to execute.

To find what you are looking for, you must first forget what you are looking for!

By day I was a slave; by night, I was a prince.

Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.