In the morn of life we are alert, we are heated in its noon, and only in its decline do we repose.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

The hard struggle which the Pan-Germans fought with the Catholic Church can be accounted for only by their insufficient understanding of the spiritual nature of the people.

It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then.

The kind of operation that is necessary to help us out of our dualistic thinking is a nondual experience. Then we begin to see things as one again.

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.

Then Maura made something with butter and Calla made something with bacon and Blue steamed broccoli in self-defense.

Hung verdict would have meant anger against previous govt; Clear verdict to BJP shows people voted for hope and aspiration.

I have a passion for life that allows me to make the most of my days and fill them with work and play.

The cure for the greatest part of human miseries is not radical, but palliative.

Jesus is not asking us to do anything for him that he hasn’t already done for us, under conditions of difficulty beyond our comprehension.