It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.

Man without religion is the creature of circumstances: Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them.

Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

woman--another word for beginning.another word for revolution.another word for healing.another word for being.another word for me.

When I go after something, I go after it hard. It has always been that way. I don't know. It's in my blood.

Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

It's the job of the young to push the societal envelope.

I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.

For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.

Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.

Immunity corrupts; absolute immunity corrupts absolutely.

Life is such a precious gift. Whatever life throws at us, if we could just learn to get through that day and hang on to the next, you never know what may come. It may get worse, but you never know.

When you run into someone that you used to be in love with, all that you have is drama, desperation and not know what to do.