Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

...There's a difference between desire and desperation. You should never want a guy more than he wants you.

Fairy's side note: Even people who don't believe in magic really do.

Miracles are manifestations for which science has no definition, no analysis.

The path to greatness is along with others.

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.

Zen is Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana is tantric Buddhism - these are various forms of it. Tantric Buddhism simply means cutting to the chase.

To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality.

Some studies have shown that natural gas could, in fact, be worse for the climate than coal.

The basis of effective government is public confidence.

A mood can be a dangerous state of mind, because it can crush reason under the weight of feeling.