As long as man labors for a physical existence, though an act of necessity almost, he is yet natural; it is life, though that of this world, for which he instinctively works.

The later rain,--it falls in anxious haste Upon the sun-dried fields and branches bare, Loosening with searching drops the rigid waste, As if it would each root's lost strength repair.

From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet.

Macbeth is contending with the realities of this world, Hamlet with those of the next.

There’s no experience quite like cutting your own live Christmas tree out of your neighbor’s yard.

If a government is to do great new things, it will need more support. If a government is to change the world, it will need mass support. This is one of the discoveries of modern government.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.

I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.

If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.

The storyboard for me is the way to visualise the entire movie in advance.

One of the strongest feelings you can get in life--one of the most rewarding feelings--is the feeling of an "Aha, I finally understand."

I believe that God has a plan, and it's your job to show up with an open heart.

... we cannot rule out the possibility that the changes of recent decades are part of a natural rebound from the 'Little Ice Age' that followed the medieval warm period and ended in the 19th century.