Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

No great thing could ever be achieved without encouragement.

A man who boasts he's the head of the home must never forget the woman is the knife at his throat.

No matter how talented or skilled you are, you will never reach your full potential without expert guidance.

I kind of tend to do most of my adventures in my mind.

My fundamental premise about the brain is that its workings - what we sometimes call "mind" - are a consequence of its anatomy and physiology, and nothing more.

I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.

I think the most annoying language is a tie between all the ones I don't know how to speak.

The first time my mom found condoms in my room, she literally started crying hysterically.

I feel so lucky that I've been on shows that have been by and large critically acclaimed and that audiences like it.

To name an object is to deprive a poem of three-fourths of its pleasure, which consists in a little-by-little guessing game; the ideal is to suggest.