I may not hope from outward forms to win / The passion and the life, whose fountains are within.

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.

As you cannot do what you wish you should wish what you can do.

Make your optimism come true.

The cure for unhappiness is happiness, I don't care what anyone says.

Painting gave meaning to my life which without it would not have had

Miracles have no claim whatever to the character of historical facts and are wholly invalid as evidence of any revelation.

Youth is the only thing worth having.

Where does a black soul go to rest?

Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.

Honesty is very sexy.

Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense.