An audience of twenty thousand, sitting on its hands, could not have produced such an echoing silence.

One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.

It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.

It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death.

All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.

How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?

A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it.

Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river.

The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.

Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask.

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

The road is long if one proceeds by way of precepts but short and effectual if by way of personal example.

A goal lacking a sense of ethics is a goal that lacks any sense.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Whether I'm interested [in something] or not, step one is read the script and figure out if a character is someone I'd want to explore or not.

The GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing.

Hope sees a crown in reserve, mansions in readiness, and Jesus Himself preparing a place for us, and by the rapturous sight she sustains the soul under the sorrows of the hour.

It's important to stand up for your work - otherwise somebody else will step in and say they did it.

Faith embraces itself and the doubt about itself.

If by reaction you mean critical reaction, I was confident that we were putting out a quality book [ Treachery]. So I was reasonably sure that we'd get positive notices.

As the therapeutic relationship is established and progress occurs in problem areas, the therapist can "lead" and "push" the adolescent toward abstract reasoning skill.