I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Self confidence. Let's fight the demon that make us look smaller than we truly are. Your dream is worth it.

Let them express their anger and hatred

She felt as if she bled her regret and loneliness from her very pores, and yet she could not shape those feelings into any sentiment she could imagine her parents could bear reading.

People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last.

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.

He slept more than any other president, whether by day or by night. Nero fiddled, but Coolidge only snored.

When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter." And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.

Women don't question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a female narrative.

Well, isn't it splendid & rather toffee?