I know the Bible is inspired because it finds me at greater depths of my being than any other book.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

He sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse.

To make people feel special you don't have to pay money but rather pay attention.

It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.

Some kind of way, we have to say enough is enough.

By positional play a master tries to prove and exploit true values, whereas by combinations he seeks to refute false values ... A combination produces an unexpected re-assessment of values.

Justice limps along, but gets there all the same.

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.

Our love is our burden.

In urbanization, you think big because you are thinking decades ahead.

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.