It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

The world is governed by opinion.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.

Positive madness leads to new knowledge.

Her need was as big as the stars, and he was down there on the beach, so quiet she could hardly hear him.

Leadership demands that we make tough choices.

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements.

Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it was just comedy, computers and chess club; those were my big things.

As for them pretty light-skinned models standin in the cold, ah yeah they with us.

We have the authority to take action, but responsible authority means not only being able to take action, but knowing when and how to take that action.

I'm looking forward to some peace and quiet. I fantasize about having a home, which I've kind of never had.

Hatred is one long wait.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.