Assuredly of all earthly conditions uncertainty is the most unblest.

I want to do everything in the world that can be done.

[On disagreeing with her husband about his slave-holding:] I cannot give my conscience into the keeping of another human being or submit the actions dictated by my conscience to their will.

What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face? How shall I charm the interval that lowers Between this time and that sweet time of grace?

When marriage is what it ought to be, it is indeed the very happiest condition of existence.

... it's always determined characters who make the greatest fools.

An actor's life is the shadow of a cloud, the echo of a sound, the memory of a dream, nothing come of nothing. The finest actor does not create, he is but a translator of another man's work.

Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.

I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again.

Carols of gladness ring from every tree.

They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it.

All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

I'm hidden in the scream when the virgin dies, I'm the ache in the belly when your baby cries, and I'm the burning sensation when the convict fries.

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

I've learned that exercise alone is not enough to stay healthy - it's a whole lifestyle.

There's nothing that defines who you are more than boundaries, whether you cross them or not, in every aspect of your life, and horror is a really great boundary.

If we can give up attachment to our roles as helpers, then maybe our clients can give up attachment to their roles as patients

Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't know. Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.

Love is how it feels to recognize our essential unity. Awakening to oneness is the experience of Big Love. Knowing you are one with all, you find yourself in love with all.