Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifying power.

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.

Religion, culture, education are all things that sound wonderful in theory. In practice, however, they are not so wonderful.

In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the event is.

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.

Money is all about opportunity cost. Every time you spend on something, that's something you can't spend on something else.

A character is as much about what you do as what you say.

An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not. System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.

If you are going to do TPS you must do it all the way. You also need to change the way you think. You need to change how you look at things.

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.

By the mile it's a trial, but by the inch it's a cinch.