I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven does.

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.

Actually, I was the very lowest ranked member of the crew. I would only be “in command” if I were the only remaining person.”What do you know? I’m in command

The best lack all conviction while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

I'm in relationship right now and one thing that I've loved about it is sharing the memories.

Both 'OC' and 'Everwood,' there were people on set where you learned to stay away from them on a bad day.

The Lord is not so concerned about what we study or what profession we follow as long as it is an honest living.

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.

Yeah, me and Q-Tip is cool outside of the business, but you know, within the business sometimes it can get ugly, you know what I mean?

The effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable.

It's impossible to feel sad or have any negative feeling when you're grateful. If you're in the midst of a difficult situation, look for something to be grateful for.