In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

He presented justice as a psychological relief.

The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.

I always wanted to make movies no matter what. It's true. No matter how I was getting to do it, that's what I wanted to do.

People are always surprised that I have a funny side because I'm usually so intense, strong and dramatic. But, I'd love to do something really, really silly and funny.

Milestones aren't what I think about much.

We need to have a tax system that rewards work and not just financial transactions.

Silence can ask all the questions, where the tongue is prone to ask only the wrong one.

From every mountain side, Let freedom ring.

We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.