General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree to its leaves.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now.

Nobody ever kills everybody anywhere, big man. Somebody always gets away.

Every thing that is done in the world is done by hope.

It is written on the arched sky it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

If you want to meet a woman, it's best just to smile and say hi.

It's like you trade the virility of the body for the agility of the spirirt.

You don't get to pick who you are in this life, but you can decide what you become.

If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already.

Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.

There is no remedy for time misspent; No healing for the waste of idleness, Whose very languor is a punishment Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.