In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.

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.

If you remembered somebody was as real as yourself, how could you kill anybody?

Because my life is empty window of nothingness punctuated by meaningless details of totally mundane non-events.

Weep not that the world changes- did it keep a stable changeless state it were a cause indeed to weep.

To change with change is the changeless state

The film industry is so fickle about financing, and it's so difficult to get movies made.

There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have no desire to create or stage direct ideas.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

The Trouble with liberals is twofold: They have a horrible blind spot with respect to moral principles and they have an abysmal understanding of economic principles.

I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.