Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science

This is mine, " he growled, fangs bared. "You are mine."Bria met him stare for stare. "Prove it.

What is success, after all, but doing what you really want to do?

Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal.

I ... would guess maybe about one or two out of five men is suited for marriage and probably four out of five women are better at marriage than being single and would like to be married.

In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.

When you find a fear, that fear will either create you or destroy you.

The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken seriously in international affairs.

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.

Sometimes you have to wander around until you find where you really belong. And sometimes it's right where you started.