He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

Existence is a priceless gift and the beauties of nature are the priceless gifts of the existence!

The future happens. No matter how much we scream.

...[T]here are days when emptiness is spacious, and non-existence elevating.

Ill lose myself in the pain. It might not make sense. But it works.

I wish my kid would act like my dog sometimes. My dog listens to me and does what I tell him to do.

We have to create security for the working families of Britain, and that's what I'll do

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across.

There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority.

That's a dream of mine, to be able to coach at the NBA level.

It doesn't matter; even if you do tend to wear the same things all the time, it's how you wear them and your attitude that counts.