Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.]

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

A circle may be small, yet it may be as mathematically beautiful and perfect as a large one.

The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive, considered poetical quotation as one of the requisite ornaments of oratory.

One may quote till one compiles.

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

There is a society in the deepest solitude.

You've got this piece of wood and some wires, pickups and some strings. How somebody uses that configuration to make something memorable, that's what's interesting to me.

I am fully equipped for the Divine Plan of my life.

I'm a lucky guy. I get to sit around every day and indulge in make believe and get paid for it.

There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.

The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this field.

I want to be a woman of focus. I don't want to live by default, but by design.

I don't have to research humanity, I just have to be courageous enough to share that part of myself with everybody.

Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.

We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them.

Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.