Humour is the only test of gravity and gravity of humour for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

A continued atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own.

I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool.

Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

When I came to faith, I was on pro-choice boards, and I dropped off of those because you couldn't read the Bible and be pro-choice.

He understands my pity for his ridiculous, humiliating physical necessity.

Many peo­ple know the price of every­thing and the value of noth­ing

Girls are supposed to dance. That's why god gave them parts that jiggle.

It ain't what things actually are, it's all they stand for.

There are a lot of people in each spot that you don't really know. I work with them that day, and move on and find new people. So purging and cleansing your friend list every day.