By myth I mean the arrangement of the incidents

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Sometimes in utter hopelessness I put my cheek on the table like it was someone. I wanted to wake my brain up and be loved.

An important function of theology is to keep religion tied to reason and reason to religion. Both roles are of essential importance for humanity.

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.

I insist on knowing the names, on being interested only in books left ajar, like doors; I will not go looking for keys.

If you have forgotten how to be a child you cannot teach children.

I feel much better to give than to receive. That's why I'm much more happier now as a coach than I ever was as a fighter.

To know how to eat well, one must first know how to wait.

The language of the novel differs from the just-the-facts language of the old tales. It's robust and earthy, sometimes even baroque.

I believe over the last six years now, I've been learning in between actual acting moments on the show.

The walls are raised against honest men in civic life.