Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

We look at the Ark of the Covenant and remember who we are.

We have equality of men and women in western society, whereas in Islamic culture, women are inferior to men.

I find myself continually falling back into wounds, wishes, terrors I thought I had risen beyond.

The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less.

In every project, I always look for the depth of humanity inside of it. I'm just trying to say if we can help in some way heal the equation with [Afro-Americans] what's going on with us as people.

What's better these days, television or film? It's a dead heat. In fact, one could argue for television with more regularity.

I want to be myself. That's when you feel the most comfortable, that's when you have the most success, and that's when you're the most happy.

I'm very phobic about flying, but I'm also drawn to it.

If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.