He who says, "I know no fear," is no hero. No man knows courage unless he does know fear, and has that in him which is superior to fear, and conquers it.

Patience is passion tamed.

Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

In New York - whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame - not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements.

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet unstained.

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

The artist does not really create; he discovers.

It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.

We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

The highest qualities of character...must be earned.

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

Sometimes falling apart is the bravest act of all

I vote, I challenge Bathymaasy and we shoot arrows at you dearest brother." ArtemisSet and Bathymaas laughed.Apollo, not so much.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.

Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.

My children have become popular, and they show a tremendous love for the public. They're professionals.

Sagebrush is a very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass and his illegitimate child the mule.

Actually, when it comes to knocking the Canadian cultural scene, nobody outdoes Canadians, myself included. We are veritable masters of self-deprecation.

I've always been into monsters.

I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.