I am not afraid of the word tension.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.

It is honor that makes commerce possible, dear brother. And the law courts, when men lack it.

Keep your body grounded on earth, but keep your consciousness high above the clouds

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

I've always played characters that were younger than myself.

It is so easy to hide our ignorance under such expressions as the plan of creation or unity of design, etc., and to think that we give an explanation when we only restate a fact.

I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.

I’m one uncontrollable hunger away from ruin.

The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are incomparably the best dull writers.

Culture is coded wisdom